Undone

Mixed thoughts and feelings. The physical book is really lovely, and, after all, it's Philip Yancey paraphrasing and commenting (the final chapters are his own), so three and a half stars right out of the park. John Donne's belief that he was dying, though it turned out to be untrue, and his awarenes......more

My soul; Yancey’s rendition of John Donne’s is not for the faint of heart. It’s an invitation to look over the shoulders of a man in the throes of illness contemplating death, God’s sovereignty and love, sin and evil, grief and despair, and the crucial act of entrusting ourselves to our Father God. I......more

4.5. Philip Yancey's translation of John Donne's Devotions is beautiful and (probably always) timely. Yancey worked on the translation during COVID and brings it up often in his chapters (Donne wrote 23 devotions; Yancey added seven.) which might date it after some time. I mean, it's not the bubonic......more

He definitely made Donne’s meditations more accessible. Three stars only because I’m not in a place where the discussion of physical struggles resounds with me. I kept thinking how helpful it would be to people suffering physical illnesses and disease. I really liked the reflection sections where he......more

You know those times when you're so sick you feel like you're going to die? Or when someone you love faces actual death? This is the book you want. Both a modern rendering of John Donne's Devotions and some thoughts from Philip Yancey, who has Parkison's disease. I'm thankful to Dorothy Sayers for c......more