Messy Spirituality

This book helped me (Claire) to feel at home with the other burned-out believers, religious incompetents, and broken ordinary people . . . men and women whose lives are, well, messy.

Mike Yaconelli dares to suggest that imperfection, unfinishedness, and messiness are, in fact, the earmarks of true Christianity; that real Christianity is messy, erratic, lopsided . . . and gloriously liberating.

What if genuine faith begins with admitting we will never have our act completely together? Maybe messy disciples are exactly the kind of imperfect people Jesus came to earth for and whose company he actually enjoyed – and still enjoys.

This book is a strong antidote for spiritual perfectionism. It will help cut you loose from the tyranny of “shoulds” and open you up to the deep spirituality of being loved by the God who meets you and transforms you in the middle of a messy and unpredictable life. It will help move you from perfection to connection