I have read “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” several times on the other hand. That’s how the light gets in. So I start to read Where is God when it Hurts? Religion still ensures regular mayhem with its confusing messages, ITS strategically chosen alias, is something called “Christianity” I wrote a sort of sequel, Vanishing Grace, a few years ago, addressing this very topic. I first learned of the tradition in Annie Dillard’s book For the Time Being. This is just to thank you for your conscientious and deep-seated effort to share the faith and love “that will not let us go.” God keep you publishing and writing and safe in the palm of His hands. No doubt you know of Mother Teresa’s long drought of the presence of God. (As to your friend, I attended one more moderate church in Atlanta but most of my “toxic” memories are of another, smaller and more fundamentalist church–the two are sometimes confused, as again I do not use their names.) It would make such an awesome gift for children and friends whose interactions with the church have left a bad taste in their mouth. It’s an ongoing search, and I prefer it that way to the times in church history (think pre-Vatican 2) when the church tells you exactly what to believe and what books are contraband. We’ve had a lot of struggles – intense poverty and failed dream after failed dream. Nevertheless, he insisted that I go to Edmonton, saying that the need was greater there than in Winnipeg. 1101 Morrison Drive. We lost Jacob back in 2009. As you say, I do my best in discussing in the book on Prayer. I can tell you within nanoseconds when that very asteroid will pass us again 1,000 years from now. I’m trying to follow the bible and have had some pretty amazing things happen since then but now I feel like I’m in the great darkness of testing the soul, and it has been a few years of this and I’m really hurting. We have all been really moved by your video clips and it has made us think at a different level esp being in partnership with God in Prayer which is so exciting.I grew up in an evangelical clergy family but much loved and even when my Dad died i had so much support but became a little missionary at the age of 11yrs old!! A subsequent letter of dismissal from the Bridges of Canada head office in Fredericton praised me for my dedication but also failed to include a reason for my dismissal [37]. Thanks a lot John, thanks again, hope to meet you someday. What an honour to have an opportunity to write to you and express my sincere gratitude in your work. I was washed with comfort. I (like you) grew up in a large well-known, evangelical church and have worked all my adult life overcoming some of the many obstacles of faith related misconceptions. I have read your stuff for decades. I began my journey back mainly by encountering a world very different than I had been taught, an expansive world of beauty and goodness. Hundreds of church members formed a prayer rallies for him. You raise powerful questions and arguments that no one can fully answer. It was your book who made me look and understand that through pain, God revealed His plan for us. In particular the book … Prayer…Does it make any difference? The Hiding Place ~ Corrie Ten Boom Hey have you checked out Evan McMullin for President? I had completely lost hope and faith and after reading the book I decided to live. Even so I accepted Jesus as my Saviour at about 7 yrs old. If we are right with God, we are right with our neighbor, isn’t that what I should count one? Don’t drive yourself crazy in asking the ‘why’ questions, but to seek to see God’s love, concern, and care every day of our lives. We as chaplains had to send out memos concerning just about all our movements and programs in the Institution. And I am a vegetarian (actually, the only “animal products” I eat are the eggs that are produced by my own hens)–because of the abominable treatment of factory farmed animals in this country, and because I would never kill an animal for food (never mind “sport”). I think the reason why is that you both are unafraid to ask questions you don’t have answers to. Nevertheless, Ramazan took sides with Paul against me. Please visit our website if you can. If you would be honored if you would make a quick read and let me know what you think and that my reference to your book is correct. '” At the time you wondered, “Could they seriously believe that?”. She was afraid of him and was not sure what to do. This is a lovely “grace note” of encouragement, Emily. Sometimes, I feel I am serious legalist, especially, when I become slave of small plans and lists. I’ll send you a private email with any editorial ideas. I am now beginning to feel guilty as I have been spending more time reading about prayer than actually praying. Thanks for asking, though. I see no sign of a moral failure and feel this feisty woman has been given very unfair bad press by the church. Some examples. When I became a Christian at 16, your book The Jesus I Never Knew was the first Christian book I read. Thanks for the idea. Hello Philip. I’m so excited I can’t wait to tell the friend I aforementioned about this, since she’s a big fan of yours and the one who introduced me to your books. Please note that it’s adapted from the book “A Skeptic’s Guide to Faith.” –Philip, Mr. Yancey, I am a student who is currently studying at a bible college in Australia. I did report this to Bridges manager Brian and to AWI Brad. Over a few months I got to know them ,things did not seem right ,they were controlling and closed,ridged in their beliefs . That’s an important part of history we need to learn from. One will be desired to read more from your knowledge of write ups. I deliberately do not take a position on many of the issues, although you can read some of my thoughts on the topic by clicking on the “Q&A/Homosexuality” button on this website. I live in Germany and have been reading your books. The last couple of months I do struggle with the problem of evil. Before that time people saw him as grump but after that time he was a changed man. –Philip. Consequently I am no longer in church regularly and struggle with my faith in ways I never dreamed possible just a few years ago. I’m also glad you’ve started writing. I prayed for him all through the book – especially when I saw that he was still choosing not to believe at the end. I do not find comfort in a God that hides. Thank you for your time. (I was raised in the evangelical tradition and figured out early on how the system works — and how to work it too.) I laugh, because I used to not believe in the glory signs like gold dust and things that happen, but one night, I was sitting, praying, telling God that I hated Him and I had gold dust show up all over my hands and I know that I can’t explain it to my friends that God knows the difference between when one of His kids really hates Him and when they are in such pain that they need Him. Dear Mr. Yancey, I have read almost all of your books. By the way, I have read all your books, I think. I had to agree with him. I hope to come to meet you in November while you are on your book tour in Ohio. I struggled with church especially and with what l saw as cultural practice more than church “culture”. There comes a point where you say “*(^&*” it. And that is where healing and freedom begins. He was making a bet on one of the games at the property. The situation got so bad that I took it to AWI Brad Sass and to Brian Harder. Though not historically a model of grace, my church now has an excellent ministry devoted to those who struggle with same-sex attraction and those who (want to) love them. You’re all reaching out to a specific kind of audience, perhaps, and I sort of identify with that audience. You may not have felt that receptive at various stages, but you stayed open and “tuned in” to God’s promptings in your life. In my first week at the Institution Paul Vanderham told me that he hated Rev. Dear Mr. Yancey, In your book, “Disappointment with God”, you quote Moltmann on page 104: “God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.” I love this quote, but I cannot find it anywhere in any of Moltmann’s books or articles. I told him that I did not say anything of the sort, that such behavior is completely out of character for me as a person. I simply could not look the other way when I saw this happening. Can you do layout? God Bless! My brother Philip, I would then take the completed cards from the prisoners, put stamps on the envelopes and hand them back to the prisoners to be mailed. Something completely random and yet connected happened to me in the same week that Spilsby took my couch. Mas por trás dessas palavras de angústia se encontra uma verdade vagamente luminosa. Sorry I can’t help more. People ask me who my favorite authors are and I always reply C. S. Lewis and Philip Yancey. Goodness, this is a blushingly generous comment, Jen. The diabolical plot to exploit Christ as a prefix was grafted I always wanted to thank you and Calvin for sharing yourself with me, but I was too late with Calvin,and didn’t want to be too late with you. Feel free to write me if you would like more info. I discussed it with an experienced educator here in Baltimore, Rabbi Moshe Oppen, and he said that the source is actually in two places in the Zohar: in Parshas Acharei Mos (67a), and in Parshas Emor (102a). Darren G. Had been in the position for one year and had set things up, Capt. . They are passionate authors! As a respected scholar you almost certainly know better than I that discrimination against gay people is at its heart discrimination based on gender. I admire some things about John Calvin, strongly object to others (e.g., his treatment of dissenters), and have real questions about some of his doctrines, such as Limited Atonement. Any suggestions? Of course God will protect you. She is currently more open to the Lord. What He taught men the Apostles simply referred to as ‘The Way’ Of course we’re all sick, we’re all sinners, and your last paragraph expresses it well. In our church we sing a song called ‘Our sin cleans out with the precious blood of Jesus’. –Philip, I’ve appreciated your books for many years now. Thank you for taking the time to write, and remember that brokenness seems almost a prerequisite for God to use us. I would have mild panic attacks in the parking lot before Bible Study. I’ve been there on speaking trips 3 times, and couldn’t agree more. Learn more here. More than anything though, I have grown immensely from your work on the issue of pain and feeling ‘disappointed’ by God. Thank you in advance for your feedback. It’s had a large imprint on my life. I’m so grateful to Philip Yancey for helping me understand modern Christianity better. How poignant, James. Romans 8:18-25 is fairly clear on that. i hope to in the future. …[T]he so-called “parents” of the children who were “massacred” were merely Crisis Actors employed for a government-sponsored propaganda campaign to push for gun-control. I have already bought some extra copies of your book to share with others. At this point, we seek to see God’s love and reflect that love in our daily actions. “We have lost the ability to create metaphors for life. I lost my job at the prison for reporting abuse of prisoners ,one a guard for having a retarded female North American Indian prisoner naked on the floor in his control room with her legs spread apart and him looking in. Understand that as a trained police investigator, and general skeptic, I knew there was no such thing as coincidence; there was always SOME explanation until proven, and very rarely proven otherwise. By the way, where did you go to college? I sent him an e-mail, requesting confirmation in writing. Thank-you very much. Wow! All periods from Cambrian to Holocine have their own radiogenic dates. The kind where the flight attendants are attached to the roof of the plane. Your book has been convicting but freeing. Philip. Lewis is the other one.) Strangely, I can find most of them articulated in the Bible itself–Job, Lamentations, Habakkuk–so we’re in good company. Now I am 68yrs old, retired nurse and creative therapist: my husband a clergyman, divorced 17yrs ago but remarried to the same man(!) Visitation Information The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted visitation at all prison facilities. For me, Dr. Paul Brand was a key, along with people I interviewed as a journalist: Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity, Robert Coles, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, etc. Dave O’Donnell. I have been struggling with my life. CDCR manages the State of California's prison system with an emphasis on public safety, rehabilitation, community reintegration and restorative justice But I found nothing. Foolishly I trusted the man and moved, when I got to the Island I went straight away to the Archdeacon to introduce myself , Archdeacon Morgan was very blunt and told me that Church Army had not asked him to assist me in any way. He told me to “go ahead and do your own thing”. It took me a long time to get a job and three years ago I worked in a place where I was completely dissatisfied, unmotivated, miserly, and in a position that any teenager knew without effort and did not need to finish high school to occupy it. Few months before, my mother-in-law illness finally was cured. And thank you for your message. Regardless of your preferred candidate, the polling data had predicted a very different outcome than what we all saw happening before our eyes. On page 119 the words discussion of parenthood helped to define my purpose more clearly and keep me focused. They thanked me for my courage and spoke about sexual abuse in their own lives. The next day the couple came in. A week before Christmas, and we got our double presents: My Dad’s remission and my daughter’s good progress. I don’t know enough to comment very lucidly. Then Imam Ramazan, who was also in the meeting, added that I had gone into my own office one day, locked the door and refused to open it for them. Besides politics, we’re everyday closer to a hate speech that really scares me. When ordering through Amazon, include the inmate's full name and identification number in the address, and mail to the inmate mailing address listed on the facilities page. I’ve wanted to talk to my local vicars to discuss my situation, but they never seem to find the time. We love your books and DVDs and use your Grace Notes each morning to start our day. Bless you. Wishing that I might be able to see you in person one day by wandering around the world. My, that’s unimaginable.
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