Mike Yaconelli Quotes

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Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.

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What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.

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For God so loved the world, that whosoever believes in him will, from that point on, be considered weired by the rest of the world, which means the church should be more like a zoo than a tomb of identical mummies.

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Speed is not neutral. Fast living used to mean a life of debauchery; now it just means fast, but the consequences are even more serious. Speeding through life endangers our relationships and our souls.

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Speed damages our souls because living fast consumes every ounce of our energy. Speed has a deafening roar that drowns our the whispering voices of our souls and leaves Jesus as a diminishing speck in the rearview mirror.

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Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)

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Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because we let go of seeking perfection and, instead, seek God, the one who is present in the tangledness of our lives.

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Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life.

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Spirituality isn't about being finished and perfect; spirituality is about trusting God in our unfinishedness.

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Nothing makes people in the church more angry than grace. It's ironic: we stumble into a party we weren't invited to and find the uninvited standing at the door making sure no other uninviteds get in.

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Just because we believe the gospel is a life-and-death matter doesn't mean we have to act as if we're dead.

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The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees.

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Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and laughter.

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I want a lifetime of holy moments. Every day I want to be in dangerous proximity to Jesus. I long for a life that explodes with meaning and is filled with adventure, wonder, risk, and danger. I long for a faith that is gloriously treacherous. I want to be with Jesus, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

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