Not only are drinking, smoking, swearing, dancing and going to movies not issues... they simply do not matter. They matter to fundamentalists, of course, but to anyone else outside the church, they could care less whether we smoke or attend… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
That's why we trust the Bible - it speaks to both realities: the unchanging human condition and the constantly changing cultural conditions. It speaks… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
A calling is the place where your gifts, abilities, desires, and feelings of worth all meet. When you follow your calling, you feel at… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
There have been times where I've said, 'Jesus, I don't believe in you anymore, get out of here. I don't know. I don't even… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I believed my inconsistency was due to my youth. I believed that age would teach me all I needed to… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees. — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
The reason people don't take Christianity very seriously anymore is because all people do is put it on their business cards and blab to… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring. The grace of God is preposterous enough to accept as beautiful a coloring that anyone else would reject as ugly. The grace of God sees beyond the scribbling to the heart of the scribbler - a scribbler who is similar to two… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share
I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it. — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous. — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
I just want to be remembered as a person who loved God, who served others more than he served himself, who was trying to… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
