Rest is a decision we make. Rest is choosing to do nothing when we have too much to do, slowing down when we feel pressure to go faster, stopping instead of starting. Rest is listening to our weariness and responding to our tiredness, not to what is making us tired. Rest is what happens when we say one simple word: No!

— Mike Yaconelli (1942–2003), Jugendpastor

Topics: Peace & Rest, Work & Vocation, Fear & Anxiety

Mike Yaconelli

Der US-amerikanische Jugendpastor, Autor und Satiriker Mike Yaconelli (1942–2003) prägte ab Ende der 1960er-Jahre von Kalifornien aus die moderne christliche Jugendarbeit und gründete die Organisation Youth Specialties. Er stand für eine Theologie der unvollkommenen Spiritualität und kritisierte mit dem Satiremagazin „The Wittenburg Door“ religiöse Heuchelei sowie geistlichen Leistungsdruck. Während konservative Kritiker an seinem provokanten Stil und dogmatischer Unschärfe Anstoß nahmen, erinnert sein Werk Bibelleser heute an die radikale Annahme des Menschen durch Gottes Gnade trotz eigener Schwachheit.

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