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.
Mike YaconelliChildren live in a world of dreams and imagination, a world of alivenessโฆ 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 isnโt that God stopped speaking; it is that our lives became louder.
Mike YaconelliWhat landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.
Mike YaconelliOur 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.'
Mike Yaconelli