I Was Just Wondering

If you read this book looking for answers, you'll be disappointed. What Philip Yancey does instead is raise a series of questions about life, faith, the church and God, which prompt deep thinking and questioning from his readers. Worthwhile.

A collection of short pieces that probe life, the universe and everything - like deep conversations with an old friend about the meaning of life.

This is a series of articles Philip Yancey wrote, to answer some interesting questions about the Christian life. Where did racial hatred come from? What's the value of fiction? Do gorillas have mid-life crisis?

It's not the most in-depth or moving of his books; each chapter is just three or four pages long, looking at one particular question in the style of an article. But there are some good anecdotes, some thought-provoking comments, and the usual excellent writing style I've come to expect from Yancey.

Recommended.

Longer review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2021/04/i-was-just-wondering-by-philip-yanc...

A collection of short pieces that probe life, the universe and everything - like deep conversations with an old friend about the meaning of life.

A collection of short pieces that probe life, the universe and everything - like deep conversations with an old friend about the meaning of life.

Yancy writes in an easy to read manner. This book begins to address some interesting questions eg Why is sex fun? which is a comment that if the prescence of pain and suffering can be difficult for Christians to think about then similarly the atheist has to deal with the 'problem' of pleasure.

An encouraging collection of observations on christian living.