The Philip Yancey Report
By Belinda A holiday Friday is a rare treasure and the day stretched out before us like a gift yet to be unwrapped. As we sat in wing backed chairs sipping our morning coffee, I said to Brenda, "So do you have plans for tonight?" "No, why, do you want to do something?" she said. "Well, I'm going to hear Philip Yancey at The Church on the Queensway--do you want to come?" I said. I had emailed our cell group earlier that week to see if anyone was interested in going, but people had Canada Day plans with family, so I was going on my own. Brenda was up for it and soon we had added supper together to the plan for the evening. The phone rang. It was Jamie. He had been planning to leave for Hawaii today but his trip was delayed until tomorrow and was calling to find out if I was still going because he'd like to come. So the three of us went together. We stopped at the Pickle Barrel for a delicious meal--Maple nut encrusted salmon for me; t...