Book Review: The Question that Never Goes Away - WHY by Phillip Yancy

Guest Post by Margie Gamble

"The Question that Never Goes Away - Why" by Phillip Yancy starts out being an interesting concept of what people might be going through in times of tragedies and what they might be feeling and thinking. It seems that most people blame God for what is going on in their lives, but later in the book, he points out that it all comes down to "attitude."  What each person's attitude is when something bad happens to them varies. Some blame God, others think it was God's divine will, and others think it just happened for a reason. Mr. Yancy notes several tragedies that have happened worldwide over the last few years and how people reacted to them.  The problem I find with the book is that it repeats the same tragedies and the same feelings noted by the individuals, church families and media over and over. After you have read it a few dozen times it gets rather boring to me, but overall it was a interesting book, This book will definitely make a person stop and ponder over things that happen and ask the age old question of WHY!