Lots of miracles. I have started to read through your book on prayer. My brother Philip, We are, in fact, dead We feed on knowledge which has long since decayed. By the way, I was reading your story this morning and the statement, Along the way I realized that God had been misrepresented to me, succinctly describes my experience having been raised in the Catholic church. We bring up the fact that we ALL deserve judgement for our sins, and everyone is quiet. When I spoke a few weeks ago with Yancey, one of the most popular and widely read Christian authors in Americahis 25 books have sold more than 17 million copies and been translated into 50 languagesI asked him about the hour he spent strapped to a spinal board, staring at fluorescent lights, wondering if he was going to die. In this weather, in this storm, I would never have let the children out, I was anxious they might die the next day: now anxiety is pointless. I have experienced some of the life struggles you also have had and you have encouraged me to see God and His word in a new, fresh and relevant way, so THANK-YOU. We really love your books. Philip stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches. I was reading through some of your Q&As and noticed the following from you: Speaking English is so much more easy than writing! You are a very gifted person. [32]. I do not have an answer for this. Philip is an American national born 4th November 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. I could tell that I was not going to get a fair hearing with the Warden, so I let it go. I am so blessed for having read your book In His Image I was in Nursing School when I read it and it was such a blessing. She is a nurse by profession, an agnostic and questions the existence of God. When you reach the dangerous edges of grace, I feel a bit of anger, but I know its true. Please dont feel that you must do anything special or just right to capture Gods attention. The fact that she lived with a man who was not her husband could again have a simple explanation. When I was 17, I read your book Prayer: Does it make any difference? in Korean. I expect many of these felt a twinge of guilt not being on the battle front, but they were just as useful at home in the USA building war materials. I saw him one day in 1998 in the Segregation Control Room (a room I was not allowed to go into), watching a mentally disabled female Aboriginal prisoner stretched out on the floor with her gown pulled way up around her upper body, her legs spread apart and her private parts exposed. I just submitted it to a publisher this month, and it should be published in 2021. I loved reading your book The Gift of Pain. I wrote that book in my active journalism days, when I was seeking people to interview who might be models for my life. Pagpalain ka ng Diyos! When God remains silent, impassable, as life crumbles and gets smaller and smaller by the day. The other candidates running only have very small numbersof followers. Hes obviously not a Christian (its not even clear he believes in God) but he clearly takes the Bible seriously, and its refreshing to see that from someone in the elite. Is that all i can do? but i couldnt get any satisfactory answer or answer which solve my curiosity. I leaned on the health of others; they widened my world when I realized my world was small and narrow. And its really very interesting. Philip. I sometimes counsel people to take a vacation from church after a wounding episodeand churches seem to specialize in those. St. Augustine teaches that the future is unknowable, which is also hinted at in many places in the Bible. One question that just wont go away for me is the story of Israel conquering the Promised Land. The suffix has birthed a colossus, an organized religious insanity It would make an intriguing subject. Life can just feel so meaningless, and the world is filled with so much pain, I cant understand why God made people at all. Death swallowed up in victory is something only Jesus can do, and you point us to Him through it all. What are your thoughts on living in a way that honors the fruits of the spirit? He has family values and has a record of integrity. I am currently reading What is So Amazing About Grace and often find myself going back to Scripture as I read, knowing that is where the truth is! I have not solved my conundrum, in many ways what you wrote confirmed many of my feelings that prevented my properly joining the community. Blessings and Shalom! I have not experience the depth of suffering and disappointment like many in your book, but I have had some times of deep uncertainty, fear, and confusion. I consider myself a Mark Twain agnostic atheist after a Lutheran upbringingor better, feel as though Ive graduated from churchturning to Buddhism afterward, and most admiring the Unitarians for their inclusiveness. Only people in this area who live for generations of oppression and persecutions can write about it. But as I was adding a list of favorite places to that site today I ended up here and remembered that you had gone before me. My brain is 25 and is constantly at odds with my 65 year old body. Carpenters book is a good correction on some of the distortion about fundamentalism, and Mouw acknowledges that correction. Not so fast? Thanks. I can say that suffering taught me my greatest lesson: Empathy! I am not against the info, but I am not accepting the numbers. And I just want to let you know how right you are, You have no idea how hard it is for me to read without distraction. Now anyone can get published, and blogs are a common way to force yourself to write on a daily basis. I came out of the abuse in my childhood and became so angry with God that I did briefly become an atheist in words, in college, but could never convince myself that I actually didnt believe in God. I live in Cape Town, South Africa. That, I suggest, is uncalled for. It opened my eyes to a new way of looking at the Lord, and it was a better way. In addition, Philip was raised along with his older brother, Marshall. Thank you so much for writing wonderful books for Biblical literature readers. However, I wrote about it in a book published with the movies release, a chapter later adapted in The Bible Jesus Read. Its not just about black verses white, but also greed, inequality, poverty, violence, rape, and local people blaming foreign African shop owners for taking jobs away from locals. And it seems to me ungrace is always present, it just takes different forms. This is the child for me. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO LOOK AT THIS, Im sorry youve had to go to all this trouble, but I dont think this is my story, at least its not in Whats So Amazing About Grace. I made decisions to give up pessimism, gossip and take more positive actions in life without being anxious for tomorrow. Those of us who know the Warrens know how they have anguished over their sons illness, seeking to keep a low profile even as Rick penned the best-selling devotional, The Purpose Driven Life. This weekend, Matthew took his own life putting the issue of mental illness front and center again. I saw tears running down his face and I knew if they could, they wouldve taken the whole group of kids home with them. She said, Then he saw me out of the corner of his eye. Scary is good. As a nurse, I too have a deep concern for the poor, ostracised and suffering in any society, and hope to touch people in my sphere of influence by practical demonstrations of the love and grace of Jesus. Though Ive never seen you speak, your voice was familiar as I have several of your audio books. A book is a poor substitute, I know, but I would recommend Henri Nouwens The Inner Voice of Love (written when he was in a similar state) or most anything by Brennan Manning, who battled this issue all his life. The fact that you care, and that you hunger for relationshipthese are signs of health. I was employed as a chaplain with Bridges of Canada from April 11, 2016 to February 14, 2017. Youre truly open-minded, buying copies of a book for your family members when youre still trying to work things out for yourselflike all of us. Im checking right now and will let you know what I find out. Your book In His Image (you wrote with Dr. Paul Brand) sits here on my desk as I try to wrap my mind around the Imago Dei and what it means to being the likeness of God. I see the Bible as a collection over a couple thousand years, really reflecting a lot of different writers personalities, he said. Thanks again, I look forward to your new work. After I lost my job there in December of that year under mysterious circumstances, I appealed to the Alberta Human Rights Commission. But he did give us a very clear picture of how God views people who are going through hard times, and also what we should do.. Ive recently been contacted by a publisher and asked to write a book, and part of that has involved setting up a website/blog so that people on the internet connect with me as a person. The windows were blown out; skis, boots, luggage, and a . Believe or dont, but I dont see why we need to argue about what it says.. But, then, why doesnt God do more to stop suffering? I chose to remain behind to conduct two pre-scheduled chapel services because there had been no chapel services recently due to a series of lock-downs. When an ambulance arrived, he was strapped onto a spinal board, his head was immobilized, and he was put in a neck brace. I was stunned, to put it mildly, and deeply shaken. I have read everyone of your books and genuinely appreciated the transparency of struggle that your journey of faith has provided. In the past three yrs Ive lost my older brother, my sister, my brother-in-law, my dog.I lost my fiancee, my kids and I have had to move three times.I was in two car accidents, the second one crushed my car and no one could believe I wasnt seriously injured or even killed.Ive gone thru devastating legal storms that have left me penniless and seemingly without a future of any kind.I lost my job and have not been able to find another, I lost my unemployment in December of 2013 and in February of 2014 I lost our home, which meant I lost my kids too because I had to move in with my mother and theres no room for my kids so they had to move in with their dad.I lost two best friends because they just turned their backs on me as I was going thru all of my legal trouble.I used to be a single mom with a good job, a college degree, a car, my bills were paid, and I had someone I thought loved me in my life. In this episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, we're joined by one of the best-selling contemporary Christian writers - Philip Yancey. II look like? Its a very confusing (and contentious) topic. Mr. Yancey, The discord in the chaplaincy office was wearing me down. Brian wanted to know what I had done wrong to make Mr. Rasmus want to talk to me in private. And were introduced to Yanceys older brother Marshall, a musical prodigy who never escaped the long shadow of his youth. You helped me beyond measure. We wrote more in a book called The Gift of Pain. I am deeply concerned about the welfare of the inmates that I have gotten to know and love at the Edmonton Institution. When I wrote the book, Bill Clinton was in office, and now its Donald Trump. Once I found one, the pastor remarked that he saw me teaching and created a new Sunday School class to teach, which I did for more than a year. When I read these stories I cant help but think they simply reveal the ignorance of a primitive culture. Unfortunately, very credible stories have surface in congregations very close to us personally that are difficult to ignore. I teach philosophy in Chicago. You see even though I knew the physical work we were doing would not last, I was very happy doing it. My blog is called Calledtowatch.com, and as I prepared to make it live, I read your book Where is God when it hurts? which had been sitting on my bookshelf for a while. Later, I was raped by my boyfriend when I broke up with him because God showed me that as a new Christian, I shouldnt date a non-Christian. Enjoy! Just surrender onto Him and accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and you will see. Books are a good alternative. I publish weekly in some important christian media in Spanish and English in Europe, and Im starting a path in which Ive been as influenced by you as much as you tell youve been influenced by Buechner. Rather than standing up for me and defending my right to go into the visiting area, Warden Clovis cowered at French, a verbally and physically very powerful man. Our Lord was the greatest advocate for grace and reason, but standing in the temple among the money changers, even he knew when to go for the whip. And I need your precious advice to tell me which book should I read first I know they are all good books but I want to make the best benifet of them by some arrangement. She told me in front of the class, You have remarkable resilience to be where you are today. I have asked for an apology so many times. Then hung himself for nine days. Thanks so much for your service to the hurting. It should be to, number two, the family of man, and number one, the planet at large. Normally I would happily agree to your request. The Regional Rep for Church Army Capt. Your sorrow has been used to comfort so many of us. All rights reserved. But my faith is in God and I will continue to pray, not so much for my wants and petitions, as to grow in knowledge and relationship with God. I stood up for what I believed was the right thing to do. On his throbbing face I could see his smile of hope as he said goodbye to the attendant. I went through a period of reacting against everything I was taught, and even discarding my faith. Im sure youve come up against this objection before and Id love to know your thoughts or book recommendations. We call it evil. The Flies Bless you. Philip. This is not helping the Evangelical cause. Watch Putins advances with a weakened NATO! You each speak to the same truth from different directions and style and I am a lifetime reader of something every day. I certainly cannot. And Im learning to play the scales (regular prayer times, Bible readings in the morning), and really PLAY them, for the first time in my life. Now youre getting me excited. You write often about those writers and thinkers who have mentored you along spiritually; you have become one of those mentors for me as I make my own way along as a writer and a scholar. Both are from the same web site, just different pages: http://necrometrics.com/gunsorxp.htm#XP Nearly 25 years after Whats So Amazing About Grace? was first published, its message remains relevant, said Yancey. We hear all the talk center around homosexuals being the most evil. I would read a chapter every couple days and think about what I had read. Ive stood in Eastern Samar in the Philippines were Typhoon Yolanda killed over 6,300 of Rubys countrymen and women. Almost overnight I became jobless, penniless, homeless, childless, loveless.hopeless. Join them in a remarkable journey through inner space -- a spellbinding world of cells, systems, and chemistry that bears the impress of a still deeper, unseen reality. Are the contents the same? After having applied for welfare in Quebec and Ontario, and being refused every time, I finally ended up in PEI. On the way, I attempted to take my own life with an overdose of pills in my car. Your book is helping me recover for that. Im so excited I cant wait to tell the friend I aforementioned about this, since shes a big fan of yours and the one who introduced me to your books. I admit I began it rather cynically (in fact, without the first few paragraphs on Watching, I dont know if I would have made it through the pain is actually good part). The National Fire Codes changed as a result of the 100 people killed and 230 injured. I had never thought of God having a sense of humor, a sense of whimsy, but the animal world surely shows that. And it was transformative. My eyes were opened to the suffering of those all around. On the 6th I was one of your several drivers and took you to the venue the school where you spoke and dropped you back. What is prayer? I wish you the best. I reclused into this judgemental spiritual superiority bigot who saw heaven for myself and hell for everyone one else. Regardless of what you believe about evolution, life has changed through the ages. Where is God When It Hurts had such a profound influence upon my life because I had not realized until then that pain and trouble were not the enemy. For example, various branches of Islam have an absolute and clear interpretation of the Koran (think Saudi Arabia), and the net result is that it leaves little room for freedom. method to attain salvation. Philip. I asked Phil Joy why he had never reported this, and he said that he feared losing his job like I had. Hanukkah I felt very, very small. Neil Armstrong, For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. She even complained to Threshold Ministries that I was trying to destroy her job. I could not be alone with any males and no cooking there , that is a womans job not a mans ( I am a qualified Chef, after 4 years at a College of Technology training as a chef. You may know that I went back and updated/revised the two books in one volume: Fearfully and Wonderfully. In this case, she would then have been married off to someone else, without whom she would have been a completely unprotected, economically destitute woman. One of his duties was to oversee the Mennonite M2W2 program. As dvidas de J foram silenciadas por uma viso de Deus respondendo-o de um redemoinho. I will be purchasing a few more of your books as I only have 3 or 4, but know that you are in my prayers daily as I read a portion of your books. Thank you for providing encouragement to those like me who secretly need reassurance when following conviction and taking positions that lose many friends. Im thrilled to know them. This topic may be worthy for you to write a book! If Dawkins was ever able to read Role Reversal what might then result? I have now just re-read it (still inspirational!) Im 39 weeks pregnant and we decided to name our boy Ephraim Yancey in your honour. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. This great Q&A reminded me of a student film I made while at Chapman Universitys film school. I just want to clarify if it was really you that wrote it. This incident, along with a recent CBC investigation [33], lead me to believe that the bullying in the Edmonton Institution is not confined to the chaplaincy office. Everything was spelled out in black and white. The church of Christ that I am a member of welcomes everyone. I know this is strange for you, and may be so illogical but I very need that book in this week. Philip has an estimated net worth of $2 million dollars as of 2021. The Bible Jesus Read is highlighted today on eBookDaily.com: http://ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindle-books/2016-11-18/B0035XOQPO. Your essay Rumors Of Another World always serves as a reminder to me about the brevity of life. I see it was written in 1997, if it was relevant then it surely is relevant today. At first, I didnt want to grab the book because the book was thicker than I thought So, thank you so much, Mr. Yancey. You have expressed the writers life so well, in ways I could not articulate, or even understand about myself until I read your books. And then you went on to the English version. A few days after Pauls verbal attack on me, the Warden asked me to meet with him. I wish we had known you were coming to Jakarta. I cant see it. Never occurred to me. Aside from the necessity of weekly preparation (I develop and e-mail or snail mail questions to help with the classs preparation and our discussion), sharing your profound thoughts and detailed research had broadened my life-long experience of faith in the Almighty. I was becoming uncomfortable around them and the things they said. Its been more than 7 years that reading Prayer comes after reading the bible as my daily routine. I became the western representative of COPE, while Monty was its eastern representative. Phil also told me that Don would make prisoners stand facing the wall on the unit for his whole shift, not allowing them to move. + The Question That Never Goes Away Ruby is my wife. Rarely attending any synagogue or church and then mainly to accompany a friend or out of curiosity. I would encourage you to keep looking, because in my experience those who stay away from church for long, seldom go back, and the coal removed from the fire loses heat. And even in our sleep pain that can not forget falls upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the wakeful grace of God.. You may not have felt that receptive at various stages, but you stayed open and tuned in to Gods promptings in your life. It was new to me. Its almost completely for your benefit if you choose to do that and essentially of no practical use to me. I just finished it this morning and found myself reading out loud portions of the final chapter to my husband with tears falling down my face. It was you and your book that reminded me that mourning and dancing could touch each other; and they actually embraced each other in my life. I have corresponded with her staff on numerous happy occasions over the years [18] [19], so I turned to her for support. Not my job. We desperately need people to speak some spiritual sanity here. Philip. One time Paul also deliberately scheduled his own services to interfere with my own, after a mutually agreeable schedule had already been agreed upon in writing [25] [26]. Philip. I believe at this point I own almost all of your books and I wanted you to know they have really meant so much to me in trying times and not so trying times. You are putting into actual practice what I write about. The Bible Jesus Read - Philip Yancey in the Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality category for sale in South Africa (ID:581055590) Buy The Bible Jesus Read - Philip Yancey for R190.00 Sell on bidorbuy Daily Deals Stores Promotions I read his Wounded In Spirit last year. If we receive all good things from God, it is hard to see what God receives from us. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Ill make sure to get a front-row seat when you speak here, and to throw in some hurras and Amens , You make me want to return to Switzerland right away! Thanks for doing such a great job of exploring your own faith, beliefs and actions and for honestly and openly sharing your explorations. Yet Yancey allows himself to escape the judgment he foists on others, by having a double standard. I can feel my spirit giving up. And your daughter! Does forgiveness means God reconciliation with us by forgetting our sin? In regard to abortion and homosexuality, these are symptoms of a huge cultural and moral decay in our country, but judgmental Christians are crucifying the sinner, not the sin! I have been radically convicted that I do not have that right. Im writing to thank you for everything you wrote and I had the opportunity to read. I may have read it somewhere too, but I didnt write it. As Im now old and retired, Im wishing I could find something more to do, maybe reaching out as Dr. And then, as I waited with the crowd for lunch, I turned around and there you were, right behind me. And to give me some points (better with verses) that helps me and them to understand the importance of churchs in our Christian Life. Ive been thinking about how that affects my relationship with God. I was having a hard time with questions about divorce and boundaries and autism and dementia and refugees, to name a few. Sometime after my dismissal I talked with one of the case workers, Phil Joy. I was feeling particularly ashamed today and navigating it in prayer. I see that you will be speaking in Bristol this weekend as part of the Buechner series. Im not making this up. To his surprise, he found his faith affirmed rather than shattered. N. T. Wright, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Vaclav Havel, Richard Rohr, Will Campbell, Jimmy Carter, Wendell Berry, George Herbert, Ernest Gordon (amazing POW survivor of the River Kwai Japanese camp who became chaplain at Princeton)the list goes on. I asked my church missionary serveral times with the questions such as What is forgiveness? I will try to take it to heart because I know its what Jesus would want me to do, but I am finding it very difficult to want to relate to fellow Christians who are willing to die on the swords of anti-abortion and homosexuality, but who see no need for social justice reform in this country. Yes, its right to challenge and critique and question and even doubt aspects of our faith, because it leads us closer to Christ. If I meet somebody who I dont think likes me, I say to myself, Bob, this ones just temporarily out of order. He understood my struggle with Paul, as he had witnessed Rev. Hope you understand. I was soon to find out that, just like Threshold Ministries, the care facility did not abide by this order either. Both of these milestones have just occurred. Though I was raised as an only child, a picture of my infant brother in his casket, the brother who died before I was born, hung in our living room for most of my childhood; his death seems to have inspired my mothers fascination with death and dying. Do not touch my things! He said this over and over again. As was my habit, I said hello to people passing by. Another book of yours thats a favorite is Soul Survivor its made me hungry to keep learning and reading. The envelope was still open, so he checked the contents. Dear Mr Yancey, The Deputy Wardens response to my comments was to praise me. But we must also consider the damage that Korea has suffered in Japan. I dont know enough to comment very lucidly. What does one do when mercy seems to not exists? Just anxious for the next book. We moved in with my Mom. 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