UNDONE: A MODERN RENDERING OF JOHN DONNE'S DEVOTIONS

UNDONE: A MODERN RENDERING OF JOHN DONNE'S DEVOTIONS by Philip Yancey

Sometimes in life suffering, sickness, and death happen, and we can't understand why. 400 years ago, a man named John Donne was living through the bubonic plague. Coming down with the sickness himself, he lived under the constant tolling of the bells ringing out for each life that was cut short by the plague. As he listened to the sound, he penned a series of devotions where he cried out to God, wondering where he was in the midst of such a great crisis. Fast forward to 2020 and COVID. Having already formed a love for Donne's book, author Philip Yancey revisited it during the pandemic. He then took the devotional and tried to convert it into a more reader friendly version to help a world that was facing a new pandemic find answers. As the book went to the editor, Yancey received word from his doctor that he had Parkinson's Disease. What came into existence was a book that helps us walk through the uncertainty of sickness and death. I have read this book twice and still feel that I have barely scratched the surface of its depth and wisdom.