Philip Yancey
My lack of objective judgment. When I write about someone else's story, I have an instinctive sense of what to include and what to leave out. In writing my memoir, though, everything had equal value: it all happened to me. I had to get help from others to decide what parts to cut, and eventually some 60% of the first draft got the axe.
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Conrad
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Philip Yancey:
I just read, this morning, of the passing of Frederick Buechner. Thank you for introducing him to me through your books. Many of his books now enrich my bookshelves with their profound insights into the human condition. How did you become acquainted with FB and his writings?
Marie
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Philip Yancey:
Also I wanted to say, thank you for the testimony of (God's) grace and love you are to your brother and mother.its beautiful to see your deep love for them and the way you care for them, through it all. It really is a testimony of grace in practical ways and complete so well your wonderful writings. we want to be people of grace too in the new year. Praying for your family.(No question on this one ? Sorry)
Karna Bosman
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Philip Yancey:
? Thank. you so much for this work. I have to tell you: my Grandmother, who died in 1983, loved your work and gave me "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made." My parents, who died in 1994 and 2008 gave me "Disappointment with God" in 1991. Circumstantially I never had the fortitude to read that book. I have now pulled both of these books off the shelf to read....in search of what my Grandmother and parents wanted me to see.
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