Finding God in Unexpected Places (Paperback)

from revslick

Yancey introduces several beautiful and poetic stories allowing us to see God's presence has always been with us. While there really is no bad Yancey book this is not one of his better books. He basically reworks many of his articles from Christianity Today, which is still great stuff but doesn't...

from jd234512

Another person is very right in saying that this book is rather scattered. This is not to say that it is not worth reading, but more that in can be hard to follow and in some cases frusrating because he does not seem to delve too much into any one idea. This is a shame, because that is when Yance...

from wolffamily

Some parts of book were compelling but some boring. I like Yancey and his approach to God 

from SueinCyprus

Much of this book consists of anecdotes written during Yancey's travels around the world as a journalist. He visits high-security prisons, some of them with appalling conditions: yet there he finds criminals converted to Christianity, who have the most incredible serene faith. He speaks to leader...

from debs4jc

Yancey pieces together several reflections on "finding God in unexpected places"--whether that be in prisons, the former athiestic Soviet Union, or in his own work. Yancey's observations are right on, as always, and his honesty about his doubts and disillusionments with the Church are refreshing....