“In a world divided by races and faces, healers Philip Yancey and Paul Brand knit us together by blazing a magnificent journey through the human body—inspiring discovery, cell by cell, of God’s marvel of a blueprint for his unified church. A shining collaboration, their book validates well that if every cell matters, so does every life. Yet only in relation to each other do we come alive. In proving that view, Yancey and Brand achieve an uplifting and awakening balm for today’s bruised and fraying church. This book is a glorious achievement, and it arrives kindly with soothing correction. But best of all, it’s right on time.”
Patricia Raybon, author of My First White Friend and Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace
“I have greatly appreciated my friend Philip Yancey’s work over the years. I enthusiastically commend this book in which Philip offers his wisdom and the wisdom of Dr. Paul Brand to a new generation of readers. I anticipate that it will be of great value to Christians and non-Christians alike.”
John M. Perkins, cofounder, Christian Community Development Association, president emeritus of the John Perkins Foundation
“I have long loved the collaboration between the marvelous theologian Philip Yancey and his mentor—orthopedic, humanitarian surgeon Paul Brand. What a blessing to reread this work after thirty years, to immerse myself in the story of Dr. Brand’s work with lepers in India and the Bayou, and in the resultant lessons about the miraculous workings of the human body, the beauty of human friendship and caring, the profundity of God’s love. Brilliant, charming, and wonder inducing, this is a modern classic of science and faith.”
Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies, Bird by Bird, and Hallelujah Anyway
“This book is a testimony to the peculiar mystery of God’s presence—the Word made flesh, as John’s Gospel names it. For people whose spiritual lives have been too disembodied, Dr. Brand’s attention to living bodies invites us to return to our true selves. At the same time, Yancey has rendered enfleshened truth about our existence in words. I pray you can receive this combination of wisdom and craft as the gift that it is—a word in season, inviting each of us deeper into the life that is really life.”
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of Reconstructing the Gospel
“Dr. Brand is a legendary medical doctor, and Philip is a doctor of the soul. Together they have written one of the greatest books on life . . . in a world where far too many lives are disgraced and desecrated. May it make you a champion of life, just as both of these men have been, and may we be death’s greatest adversary.”
Shane Claiborne, cofounder of The Simple Way and Red Letter Christians, author of Beating Guns
“God’s imaginative genius with his physical creation always has astounding parallels in the spiritual realm, and it’s no different with the epitome of his creation, the human body. In their timeless Christian classic Fearfully and Wonderfully, my friend Philip and his coauthor Dr. Brand draw amazing parallels between our bodies and the Body of Christ, which leave the reader startled and breathless with wonder. This remarkable book had a profound impact on my life when I first read it years ago, and its insights will astonish you for sure!”
Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center