Quiet Quotes by Mike Yaconelli

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

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

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

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

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

— Mike Yaconelli

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

Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring. The grace of God is preposterous…

— Mike Yaconelli

I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it.

— Mike Yaconelli

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

Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.

— Mike Yaconelli

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

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