List Price: $12.99 (USD) $15.49 (CAD) £7.99 (GBP)
ZCS Price: $11.69 (USD)
Case Quantity: 68 Case Quantity Discount
Case Weight: 26.655
ISBN: 0310277302
ISBN-13: 9780310277309
Features Discussion/Study Questions included
Ages: Adult
Book & Bible Cover Size: Thinline
Page Count: 192
Size: 5 wide x 7.1 high x 0.5 deep in. | 127 wide x 180 high x deep 12 mm
Weight: 0.385 lb | 174 gms
Available: August, 2007
United States and Canada Only
Publisher: Zondervan

Synopsis:
What!? You're not perfect? That's all right, God loves you anyway. He even loves the author of this book, and he's really a mess. There is a spirituality for people who often don't feel very spiritual and it will bring you closer to God. Find it in this book.

Product Details for Messy Spirituality
What!? You're not perfect? That's all right, God loves you anyway. He even loves the author of this book, and he's really a mess. There is a spirituality for people who often don't feel very spiritual and it will bring you closer to God. Find it in this book.

Description:
I Guess I’m Not a Very Good Christian . . . Do you feel like: I don’t pray enough I don’t read my Bible enough I don’t share my faith enough I don’t love God enough I’m not committed enough I’m not spiritual enough Then this book is for you. Messy Spirituality was written for the silent majority of us who have been convinced that we just don’t do Christianity right. We spend most of our lives worried about what we don’t do instead of what we have done, focused on our imperfections instead of God’s fondness for the imperfect. Why? Because we’ve been bombarded with books, tapes, talks, seminars, and movies convincing us that real Christianity is all about perfection. Michael Yaconelli dares to suggest that imperfection, infiniteness, 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. If you want to find Jesus today, look for him in the midst of burned-out believers, moral misfits, religious incompetents . . . men and women whose lives are, well, messy.

Messy Spirituality is a strong antidote for the spiritual perfectionism in us all. Here are truths that can cut you loose from the tyranny of ought-to’s and open your eyes to the deep spirituality of being loved, shortcomings and all, by the God who meets you and transforms you in the midst of a messy and unpredictable life.

Mike Yaconelli
The late Mike Yaconelli was in the ministry for forty-two years, both as a pastor and a minister to students. He was owner and cofounder of Youth Specialties, and the author of Messy Spirituality and Dangerous Wonder. Mike was something of a wild man-passionate about life and grace and Jesus. ... Click for more information about Mike Yaconelli