Category Archives: Blog

Phone calls, advertisements, and visits from candidates have heated up in my state, Colorado, and I’m sure we’ll get a steady barrage from now until November. Here are some further thoughts about Christians engaging the broader culture through politics. 3) … Continue reading →

I’m so sick of hearing about this year’s election that I decided to write some of my own thoughts on the subject.  I’ve just finished reading two excellent books that caution Christians about trusting too much in politics: A Public Faith, by Miroslav … Continue reading →

For a number of years a friend of mine named Craig Detweiler has been taking his communications students from Biola University and Pepperdine University to the Sundance festival of independent films.  One year the festival featured a sold-out showing of … Continue reading →

You haven’t seen a new posting from me for a while and for a good reason. We have moved, and I’ve spent the last few weeks first packing then unpacking boxes, and in between times negotiating over help lines to … Continue reading →

In September I spoke eight times in Australia and twice in New Zealand, sharing a platform with the actors from the U.K. with whom we’ve toured previously.  The only kangaroo we saw in Australia outside of a petting zoo was … Continue reading →

On Saturday, August 27, the Yanceys leave for a book tour of Australia & New Zealand, the sixth tour accompanying actors from the U.K.  We’ll be in nine cities, and for all you Aussies, here’s the link to the Australia … Continue reading →

We moved from downtown Chicago to Colorado in 1992, and that next summer a friend from church talked us into doing something that seemed daunting to us city slickers: he led us up one of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks (4593 meters).  … Continue reading →

I’ve just returned from a conference in Toronto which gathered 900 representatives from 130 countries. They are among the most compassionate and dedicated people I have met, yet few people know about them because they operate out of the limelight, behind bars. They work or volunteer for Prison Fellowship International, … Continue reading →

When we moved from downtown Chicago to the foothills of the Colorado Rockies in 1992, we left behind many things: superb restaurants, Starbucks every few blocks, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, jogging along Lake Michigan, the electric buzz of living in … Continue reading →