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 thieves who hung on crosses on either side of Jesus. One of the two asked Jesus to please accept his scribbled and sloppy life into the kingdom of God and He did. Preposterous. And very good news for the rest of us scribblers.
Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring. - Mike Yaconelli
Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.
- Mike Yaconelli
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 … - Mike Yaconelli
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 …
What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly. - Mike Yaconelli
What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.
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. - 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 laughter.
Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because w… - Mike Yaconelli
Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because w…
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 ins… - Mike Yaconelli
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 ins…
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. - Mike Yaconelli
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.
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 r… - Mike Yaconelli
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 r…
Spirituality isn't about being finished and perfect; spirituality is about trusting God in our unfinishedness. - Mike Yaconelli
Spirituality isn't about being finished and perfect; spirituality is about trusting God in our unfinishedness.
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