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Shane Claiborne quotes: People had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live, People had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live,
Shane Claiborne quotes: There are some things to die for but none to kill for. There are some things to die for but none to kill for.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Mother Theresa always said, Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta. Mother Theresa always said, Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta.
Shane Claiborne quotes: It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love. It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do. The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.
Shane Claiborne quotes: How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday? How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?
Shane Claiborne quotes: Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived. Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.
Shane Claiborne quotes: As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more. As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants. Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We have been mentored from the very beginning by Catholic folks who are invigorating the best of the monastic spirit. We have been mentored from the very beginning by Catholic folks who are invigorating the best of the monastic spirit.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The dreams get anchored in aged wisdom not some utopian fantasy. The dreams get anchored in aged wisdom not some utopian fantasy.
Shane Claiborne quotes: It is the church's job, as Dr.[Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state. It is the church's job, as Dr.[Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love. Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it. We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist. Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Faith is believing in the impossible because we have a God who is master of impossible. Faith is believing in the impossible because we have a God who is master of impossible.
Shane Claiborne quotes: What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's lifeespecially one's politics? What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life
especially one's politics?
Shane Claiborne quotes: I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me. I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.
Shane Claiborne quotes: There is extreme poverty in Appalachia, where I was, and increasingly poverty is not just an urban thing. There is extreme poverty in Appalachia, where I was, and increasingly poverty is not just an urban thing.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Much of the Bible was written by murderers who were given a second chance. Moses. David. Paul. The Bible would be much shorter without grace. Much of the Bible was written by murderers who were given a second chance. Moses. David. Paul. The Bible would be much shorter without grace.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We have to use our discontentment to engage rather than disengage - our hope has to be more powerful than our cynicism. We have to use our discontentment to engage rather than disengage - our hope has to be more powerful than our cynicism.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We often miss the irony that the same Paul who writes "submit to the authorities" goes to jail and is condemned for subverting the authorities! He We often miss the irony that the same Paul who writes "submit to the authorities" goes to jail and is condemned for subverting the authorities! He
Shane Claiborne quotes: This grace does not undo a tragedy or pardon a wrong, but it becomes the first step toward a more hopeful future. This grace does not undo a tragedy or pardon a wrong, but it becomes the first step toward a more hopeful future.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together. Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.
Shane Claiborne quotes: One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace. One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We have placed such idolatrous faith in our ability to protect ourselves that we call it more courageous to die killing than to die loving. We have placed such idolatrous faith in our ability to protect ourselves that we call it more courageous to die killing than to die loving.
Shane Claiborne quotes: When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary. When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary.
Shane Claiborne quotes: To refer to the Church as a building is to call people 2 x 4's. To refer to the Church as a building is to call people 2 x 4's.
Shane Claiborne quotes: A pastor friend of mine said, Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities. A pastor friend of mine said, Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.
Shane Claiborne quotes: In an age of million-dollar mansions for God, it's hard to imagine that our God prefers tents. In an age of million-dollar mansions for God, it's hard to imagine that our God prefers tents.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that. We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus. We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Looking into the eyes of people who love us may be the clearest glimpse of God many of us get in this world. Looking into the eyes of people who love us may be the clearest glimpse of God many of us get in this world.
Shane Claiborne quotes: I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me. I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.
Shane Claiborne quotes: May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm, and may God lead us to eternal life. Amen. May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm, and may God lead us to eternal life. Amen.
Shane Claiborne quotes: When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel. When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The church was an international institution long before globalization. The church was an international institution long before globalization.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The church is a place where broken people can fall in love with a beautiful God. The church is a place where broken people can fall in love with a beautiful God.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The time has come for a new kind of conversation, a new kind of Christianity, a new kind of revolution. The time has come for a new kind of conversation, a new kind of Christianity, a new kind of revolution.
Shane Claiborne quotes: God doesn't want to change the world without you. God doesn't want to change the world without you.
Shane Claiborne quotes: I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love. I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.
Shane Claiborne quotes: When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way. When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Violence is for those who have lost their imagination. Violence is for those who have lost their imagination.
Shane Claiborne quotes: When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role. When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Let's keep refusing to accept the world as it is and insisting on building the world we dream of. Don't let the haters have the last word. Let's keep refusing to accept the world as it is and insisting on building the world we dream of. Don't let the haters have the last word.
Shane Claiborne quotes: If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business. If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today. The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today.
Shane Claiborne quotes: So live real good, and get beat up real bad. Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more. That's how this thing seems to work. So live real good, and get beat up real bad. Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more. That's how this thing seems to work.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into. The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world. Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world.
Shane Claiborne quotes: While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger. While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Believe in miracles. And live in a way that might necessitate one. Believe in miracles. And live in a way that might necessitate one.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Discontentment is a gift. It's the stuff that changes the world. Discontentment is a gift. It's the stuff that changes the world.
Shane Claiborne quotes: There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement. There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement.
Shane Claiborne quotes: If the devil can't steal your soul, he'll just keep you busy doing meaningless church work. If the devil can't steal your soul, he'll just keep you busy doing meaningless church work.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We are faithful not to the triumphant golden eagle (ironically, also an imperial symbol of power in Rome) but to the slaughtered Lamb. We are faithful not to the triumphant golden eagle (ironically, also an imperial symbol of power in Rome) but to the slaughtered Lamb.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Certainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate. Certainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Perhaps the most dangerous place for a Christian to be is in safety and comfort. Perhaps the most dangerous place for a Christian to be is in safety and comfort.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Grace gets the last word. Grace gets the last word.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Only God is awesome. Only God is awesome.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We can live without sex, but we cant live without love. We can live without sex, but we cant live without love.
Shane Claiborne quotes: If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one. If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.
Shane Claiborne quotes: In fact, the Gospel shows us change comes from the bottom rather than the top, from an old rugged cross rather than a gold royal throne. In fact, the Gospel shows us change comes from the bottom rather than the top, from an old rugged cross rather than a gold royal throne.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do. Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown. The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.
Shane Claiborne quotes: I say let's be idealists. "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not yet see" (Hebrews 11:1). I say let's be idealists. "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not yet see" (Hebrews 11:1).
Shane Claiborne quotes: Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it. Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage.
Shane Claiborne quotes: But Jesus answered me with these words and said: Sin is necessary, but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well. But Jesus answered me with these words and said: Sin is necessary, but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well.
Shane Claiborne quotes: That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged. That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Victimization is about powerlessness, and justice is about amplifying the voices of those who have been silenced. Healing Victimization is about powerlessness, and justice is about amplifying the voices of those who have been silenced. Healing
Shane Claiborne quotes: Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo. Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo.
Shane Claiborne quotes: There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own. There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own.
Shane Claiborne quotes: When I fed the hungry, they called me a saint. When I asked why people are hungry, they called me a communist. Charity When I fed the hungry, they called me a saint. When I asked why people are hungry, they called me a communist. Charity
Shane Claiborne quotes: Jesus did not send us into the world to make believers but to make disciples. Jesus did not send us into the world to make believers but to make disciples.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Second-century Christian thinker Athenagoras wrote, Our life does not consist in making up beautiful phrases but in performing beautiful deeds. Second-century Christian thinker Athenagoras wrote, Our life does not consist in making up beautiful phrases but in performing beautiful deeds.
Shane Claiborne quotes: It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested! It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested!
Shane Claiborne quotes: [Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love. [Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others. Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.
Shane Claiborne quotes: I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?. I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more. Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.
Shane Claiborne quotes: There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner. There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.
Shane Claiborne quotes: I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others. I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior. Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'. Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Rather than finding the devil "out there," we battle the devil within us. The revolution starts inside each of us. Rather than finding the devil "out there," we battle the devil within us. The revolution starts inside each of us.
Shane Claiborne quotes: To be nonpartisan doesn't mean we're nonpolitical. To be nonpartisan doesn't mean we're nonpolitical.
Shane Claiborne quotes: If you have two coats you have stolen one. We have no right to have more than we need when someone else has less than they need. If you have two coats you have stolen one. We have no right to have more than we need when someone else has less than they need.
Shane Claiborne quotes: We must take a plunge into the darkness before we can fully appreciate the light. We must take a plunge into the darkness before we can fully appreciate the light.
Shane Claiborne quotes: No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us. No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.
Shane Claiborne quotes: It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom. It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The love that makes community is the willingness to do someone else's dirty work. The love that makes community is the willingness to do someone else's dirty work.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less. The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Christendom seems unprepared for people who take the gospel that seriously. Christendom seems unprepared for people who take the gospel that seriously.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The true atheist is the one who refuses to see God's image in the face of their neighbour. The true atheist is the one who refuses to see God's image in the face of their neighbour.
Shane Claiborne quotes: The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb. The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.
Shane Claiborne quotes: It is a dangerous day when we can take the cross out of the church more easily than the flag. No wonder it is hard for seekers to find God It is a dangerous day when we can take the cross out of the church more easily than the flag. No wonder it is hard for seekers to find God nowadays.
Shane Claiborne quotes: It may very well be that there's a villain and a hero inside each of us, and each day we have a choice of who we want to be. It may very well be that there's a villain and a hero inside each of us, and each day we have a choice of who we want to be.
Shane Claiborne quotes: Jeanne de Chantal, seventeenth-century founder of the Order of the Visitation, said, No matter what happens, be gentle with yourself. Jeanne de Chantal, seventeenth-century founder of the Order of the Visitation, said, No matter what happens, be gentle with yourself.
Shane Claiborne quotes: As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did. As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did.

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