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# Yaconelli
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/20031031yaconelli-html/
- Published: 2003-10-31T16:20:53.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:43:30.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Uncategorized, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Found through [Steve McMillan](http://stevemc.typepad.com/stevemc/2003/10/mike%5Fyaconelli.html?ref=dashhouse.com) – [a small sample of Yaconelli](http://reimagineym.blogspot.com/2003%5F10%5F01%5Freimagineym%5Farchive.html?ref=dashhouse.com#106633188870144961), and why he’ll be missed:

> Jesus: “You think I died on a cross to make people nice? You think I want to be relegated to the status of motivational speaker? Listen, I don’t even like football, and I definitely don’t like nice people. Look at my disciples! Talk about loud, obnoxious, rude, flaky-hey, these guys were anything but nice. Remember when ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ John wanted me to send fire down on a little Samaritan village because they wouldn’t let us stay for the night? “Start telling parents that their sons and daughters should take a year after high school and do missions in South Africa and see how long you last. Tell them it isn’t a good decision to make their kids go to soccer camp instead of church camp and see how supportive they’ll be. Truth is, I came to ruin people’s lives-just like I ruined yours. I came to turn people’s lives upside down. Remember all that stuff I said about being a sword and turning parents against children? I wasn’t kidding.”

**Update**: Yaconelli on [how he would be remembered](http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/143/51.0.html?ref=dashhouse.com):

> I just want to be remembered as a person who loved God, who served others more than he served himself, who was trying to grow in maturity and stability. I want to have more victories than defeats, yet here I am, almost 60, and I fail on a regular basis. If I were to die today, I would be nervous about what people would say at my funeral. I would be happy if they said things like ‘He was a nice guy’ or ‘He was occasionally decent’ or ‘Mike wasn’t as bad as a lot of people.’ Unfortunately, eulogies are delivered by people who know the deceased. I know what the consensus would be. ‘Mike was a mess.’