Mike Yaconelli, founder of Youth Specialties and pastor, passes away

Here's an interesting quote from an interview about Mike's new book, Messy Spirituality:

Do you know why I wrote this book? Because there’s a whole lot of people who are so freaking busy, they’re so cluttered, their life—they’re at their wits’ end. And if they’d only just stop for a minute, they could hear the God of the universe whisper to them, I love you.

Mike Yaconelli DS Interview July 1st, 2002

Mike Yaconelli was a truth-teller. He was not afraid to point out what was wrong with the church, and always followed with ideas to right the wrongs. His writing was full of emotion, the stuff that life is made of. Mike was a passionate follower of God, who readily admitted that he had more questions than answers, but was always quick to point us to Jesus. He will be missed.