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He's very willing to mix it up. He wrote a column for Youthworker Journal for the last three or four years. It was the one thing that we consistently got the most angry mail about. He would speak very hyperbolically in a wonderful way that would really push people, because he wanted them to examine their beliefs and assumptions.

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Youth Specialties has posting more information about Yaconelli and his death, including a forum to post comments, on their website.

Other articles on Yaconelli's death have appearead in Yreka's Siskiyou Daily News and the Herald and News of Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Dick Staub interviewed Yaconelli after the publication of Messy Spirituality.

Yaconelli's books, including Messy Spirituality, Dangerous Wonder, Keep 'Em Talking, and The Disciple Experiment, are available at ChristianBook.com, Amazon.com, and other book retailers.

Zondervan has more information about Yaconelli and his books, especially Messy Spirituality.

In 2001, Yaconelli wrote for CT sister publication Leadership Journal about losing and finding his soul. Several articles by Yaconelli are available at the National Pastors Convention website (which was sponsored by Leadership Journal with Zondervan and Youth Specialties). They include "Speakaholics," "A Conspiracy of Grace," "Self-evaluation or Self-absorption?" and "The 'Trouble' with Youth Ministry."

CT online managing editor Ted Olsen recently wrote about why The Door was better when Yaconelli was publishing it.

Mars Hill Review published an interesting interview with Yaconelli in 1995.

Eastern University has audio of three messages Yaconelli gave during the school's Spiritual Emphasis Week in 1999. (Audio: Message 1 | Message 2 | Message 3).

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