Category Archives: Mike Yaconelli

Everything is Broken

December 30, 2011 · by · in believer, brokenness, discipleship, Jesus Christ, Mike Yaconelli, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, transparency, trials, understanding, Very helpful

I’m really sad today.  There is just too much hurt, too many casualties, too many victims.  Job’s reflection was that “man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward” [not really sure I know what the last part means, but the first part is perfectly clear]. We are all citizens of this fallen world.  It [...]

Discovering an Intense ‘Agape’

September 26, 2011 · by · in believer, brokenness, discernment, discipleship, God, grace, Jesus Christ, love, mental illness, Mike Yaconelli, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, trust, understanding, wisdom

by Bryan Lowe “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. ”  — Michael Yaconelli ………………………………………. My “Agape” Jalopy [...]

His Irresponsible Love

August 17, 2011 · by · in believer, creativity, dance, discipleship, God, grace, intimacy, Jesus Christ, joy, kingdom of God, legalism, lessons learned,, love, Mike Yaconelli, ministry, praise, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, understanding, Very helpful, worship

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 [...]

Messy Spirituality

August 5, 2011 · by · in believer, book excerpt, devotional, discipleship, humility, Jesus Christ, lessons learned,, lost causes, Messy Spirituality, Mike Yaconelli, outside source, personal comments, quite useful,, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, spiritual lessons, transparency, understanding

“Messy Spirituality:” A Book Excerpt by Mike Yaconelli   For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a godly person. Yet when I look at the yesterdays of my life, what I see, mostly, is a broken, irregular path littered with mistakes and failure. I have had temporary successes and isolated [...]

The Fellowship of Misery

April 18, 2011 · by · in believer, Bible, brokenness, compassion, confidence, depression, despair, despondancy, devotional, difficulties, discipleship, healing, Jesus Christ, lithium, lost causes, love, medications, mental illness, Mike Yaconelli, pain, personal comments, Serving Mentally Ill Christians, sickness, sin, spiritual lessons, transparency, trials, understanding, weakness

“In one of the villages, Jesus met a man with an advanced case of leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground, begging to be healed. “Lord,” he said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” Luke 5:12, NLT   We jump right into [...]

Life in the Fast Lane

January 22, 2010 · by · in believer, Bryan's editorial, Mike Yaconelli, personal comments

“We are going as fast as we can, living life at a dizzying speed, and God is nowhere to be found. We’re not rejecting God; we just don’t have time for him. We’ve lost him in the blurred landscape as we rush to church. We don’t struggle with the Bible, but with the clock. It’s [...]

Ministry is for the Mentally Ill

December 11, 2009 · by · in brokenness, C.S. Lewis, church life, gifts, grace, Mike Yaconelli

by Bryan Lowe “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. “                                                                            — Michael Yaconelli  “We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by [...]