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Title: Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli, Michael Yaconelli ISBN: 0-310-23533-2 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Book I've Longed for My Whole Life
Comment: In one of the chapters of the book, Yaconelli says, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd."
I have always felt like I was odd, a poor fit for the church. I've had unconventional views of Jesus, discipleship and ways to approach life that have made some people uncomfortable and left me wondering whether I was a nut, apostate or both.
Central to my philosophy of discipleship is the idea that Jesus died not to make us clean or obedient, but to form us to be passionate about knowing him in the midst of our profound uncleanness and disobedience. To have made it to age 35 with 15 years as an intentional disciple without getting smoked by God because of my sin leads me to believe that God's interest is in something more than my mere behavior.
Yet, I have felt alone in this view. Mostly because it cuts against the vast grain that is so deeply entwined in church culture. You can't earn your salvation, but buddy, once you get it, you better work your bootocks off! But I have come to the point where I realize I can keep scrubbing but the dirt and mess is always there. And frankly, sometimes, I just get weary from the scrubbing.
Yaconelli has written a book that celebrates the messy Christian. He authenticates the lonely disciple who refuses to believe that following Christ is about being well-behaved, "balanced," clean, and uniformly consistent with the church's list of What-To-Do/What-Not-To-Do.
This book has caused me to weep with soulful tears because of its recognition of who I am: a man with a deep love for God and a deep love for himself and a deep love for sin. Yaconelli doesn't try to resolve the tension. He just lets you step into the wonder of loving a God who gladly accepts -- and maybe even CALLS us into -- messy, eliptical pursuits of him. To have someone recognize me in such a deep way is enough, but to have someone say that this type of Christianity is actually pleasing to God is liberating. I kid you not.
Run three ways to get this book: hard, fast & immediately.
Rating: 5
Summary: Let's embrace God's annoying love.
Comment: Does God really love us unconditionally? Can it be that He sees all of my faults, my sins, and my lousy attempts to be Christlike and still He loves me? More than just love me from afar, God puruses me, calls to me, tells me, "You can make it!" and picks me up when I fall. As Michael Yaconelli puts it, this is "God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People." In his book Yaconelli tells us stories that sear your heart and awaken you to true spirituallity. Spirituality is messy, at least mine is. I don't know very many Christians who have it all together, though some of us may look like we have it all together. Yaconelli's book challenges me to give up false spirituallity for true messy Christianity. A messy church will be more like a barnyard than a cathedral. It will be a menagerie of rescued souls at all levels of spiritual life. We need to rescue those who don't know how to "behave" in church. To reach out to those who have not cleaned up their act yet, and may take a while to so. This is what Jesus did. He was a "winebibber" (whatever that is) and a "friend of sinners". O' Lord, let me be accused of the same!
Rating: 5
Summary: The REAL deal about believing
Comment: Just because someone is a follower of Jesus Christ doesn't mean that they won't have problems.
Unfortunately, some people actually do believe that belief in Christ equals no problems--and if you actually have problems, then something is wrong with you.
"Messy Spirituality" explains belief as it is: you believe, but you sometimes make mistakes, do dumb things, and have problems.
This book gives you Christianity in its reality, and well worth the money.
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Title: Dangerous Wonder by Mike Yaconelli, Michael Yaconelli ISBN: 1576831280 Publisher: NavPress Pub. Date: 15 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Stories of Emergence: Moving from Absolute to Authentic by Mike Yaconelli, Michael Yaconelli ISBN: 0310253861 Publisher: Youth Specialties Pub. Date: 21 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel by Brian D. McLaren, Tony Campolo ISBN: 0310253845 Publisher: Youth Specialties Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Brian D. McLaren ISBN: 078795599X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 28 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, Rich Mullins ISBN: 1576737160 Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Inc. Pub. Date: 02 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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