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Mike Yaconelli (July 24, 1942—October 30, 2003) was a writer, theologian, church leader and satirist. Co-Founder of Youth Specialties, a training organization for Christian youth leaders, and The Wittenburg Door (sometimes just The Door), a satirical magazine, Yaconelli was also the pastor of a small church in Yreka, CA - "the slowest growing church in America" as he called it. He and wife Karla used to share their time between Yreka and the Youth Specialties offices in El Cajon, CA.

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Nothing in the church 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. Then a strange phenomenon occurs: as soon as we are included in the party because of Jesus' irresponsible love, we decide to make grace "more responsible" by becoming self-appointed Kingdom Monitors, guarding the kingdom of God, keeping the riffraff out (which, as I understand it, are who the kingdom of God is supposed to include).

Door, Doors, Include, Jesus, Nothing, Party

The power of the Church is not a parade of flawless people, but of a flawless Christ who embraces our flaws. The Church is not made up of whole people, rather of the broken people who find wholeness in a Christ who was broken for us.

Christian Inspirational, Embraces, Flaws, Jesus, Power, Wholeness

Children live in a world of dreams and imagination, a world of aliveness… There is a voice of wonder and amazement inside all of us; but we grow to realize we can no longer hear it, and we live in silence. It isn’t that God stopped speaking; it is that our lives became louder.

Children, Dream, Dreams, Lives, Louder, Voice

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

Believe, Mean, Life And Death, Gospel, Dead

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.

Debauchery, Fast, Mean, Relationships, Soul, Speed

Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of renewal.

Christian, Church, Start, Steps, Thinking

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

Cross, Godly, Ideas, Jesus

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.

Adventure, Explodes, Jesus, Knowing, Life, Proximity

Our world is. . . longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender. . . and ours; a God whose love frightens us into His strong and powerful arms where He longs to whisper those terrifying words, 'I love you. '

Frightening, Love You, Powerful, Strong, Whisper, Words

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.

Absence, Expression, Laughter, Play, Presence, World

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.

Letting Go, Present, Reality, Seeking, Spiritual, Tangledness

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

Christianity, Joy, Learning, Lines

Im unfinished. Im unfixed. And the reality is thats where God meets me is in the mess of my life, in the unfixedness, in the brokenness. I thought he did the opposite, he got rid of all that stuff. But if you read the Bible, if you look at it at all, constantly he was showing up in peoples lives at the worst possible time of their life.

Looks, Mess, Opposites, Peoples, Reality, Worst

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.

Church, Doors, Ironic, Party, People, Uninvited

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.

Believe, Believes, God, Mean, Point, Zoos

Voices surround us, always telling us to move faster. It may be our boss, our pastor, our parents, our wives, our husbands, our politicians, or, sadly, even ourselves. So we comply. We increase the speed. We live life in the fast lane because we have no slow lanes anymore. Every lane is fast, and the only comfort our culture can offer is more lanes and increased speed limits. The result? Too many of us are running as fast as we can, and an alarming number of us are running much faster than we can sustain.

Alarming, Faster, Husband, Live Life, Politicians, Running

Pretending is the grease of non-relationships. Pretending is how you and I get through the day without ever having to know each other. When I walk in the room, you say to me, 'How are you?' Well, you don't want to know. And, frankly, I don't want to tell you. So I just say, 'Fine,' and you go, 'Fine. ' And off we go.

Grease, Want, Rooms, Frankly, Pretending, Say

Spirituality is a mixed-up, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter godliness that turns our lives into an upside-down toboggan ride of unexpected turns, surprise bumps and bone shattering crashes. . . a life ruined by a Jesus who loves us right into his arms.

Arms, Bumps, Godliness, Jesus, Turns, Unexpected

Rest is a decision we make. Rest is choosing to do nothing when we have too much to do, slowing down when we feel pressure to go faster, stopping instead of starting. Rest is listening to our weariness and responding to our tiredness, not to what is making us tired. Rest is what happens when we say one simple word: “No!

Decisions We Make, Making, Simple, Tired, Tiredness, Weariness

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

God, Perfect, Spirituality, Trust In God, Trusting, Unfinishedness

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