Reading this book was a little bit cathartic to me. Philip Yancey is very much still with us. He is my husband's age. He wrote this book this past year. I haven't read a whole lot of his work, but my Grandmother (who died in 1983) loved his work and gave me the book "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made." And my parents, who died in 1994 and 2008 gave me the book "Disappointment with God" Sometime around 1991. I believe I read the first one before Grandma died, but I am pretty sure that I never read the one my folks gave me. I didn't have the fortitude to do so.

Where the Light Fell takes an eye opening look at families, churches and church leaders who believed in the curse of Ham, and other dangerous ideas. A sobering view of how the church played a part in America's racism. And a sobering view of how we as Christians can fall into lives that are far from Christian by hanging on to judgmental and fear mongering ways.

This had to have been a hard book for Philip Yancey to write. I for one appreciate it. Now I'm inspired to go back and read the books given to me by my Grandmother and parents, and try to know what it is they wanted me to gain from reading these books.