It’s a laid-back Friday afternoon and as soon as author and speaker Philip Yancey says, ‘hello,’ I can tell he has dedicated all of his focus on our conversation.
For many who know of the works of Yancey, his intentionality is not surprising. Yancey is regarded by many as a counselor who knows how to guide people through their situation, while simultaneously pointing them to Christ.
Best known for his work on listening to God through pain and suffering, Yancey is no strangers to what deep pain feels like.
Yancey was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and can remember feeling the agony of living a life without a father as well as the emotional turmoil he experienced as a part of a specific legalistic church.
Yancey’s father died when he was just one year old, and the church his family belonged to at the time showed anything but grace.
“I had a lot of ups and downs growing up as a child and young adult,” Yancey shared.
“I grew up in an unhealthy church environment that made me question God and Faith based on how they treated people of color,” he added.
Fortunately, it was in his years of wondering that God placed some important and influential people in Yancey’s life and his faith began to blossom.
“I found my own path spiritually when I left to go to college,” he shared.
During this time, Yancey would be introduced to Paul Brand, someone Yancey would later come to…
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