"We have a lot of controlling people who are trying to tell us how to live our lives, and a lot of co-dependent people around us. We bump up against these people, too, when we're trying to get on the spiritual path."

“My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.”

“When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We reveal the kind of person we are to the extent that we let others identify with us.”

“A close look at many churches will reveal that a central problem is the lack of biblical maturity among the men...”

“All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?”

“I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.”

“In high school, I was performing "forensics." You take a section of a play and portray all the characters. I even went to camp for forensics.”

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“Twitter represents a collective collaboration that manifests our ability to unconsciously connect kindred voices through the experiences that move us. As such, Twitter is a human seismograph.”

“Jesus cares more about desire than about competence”

Source : Mike Yaconelli (2009). “Messy Spirituality”, p.25, Harper Collins