Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The church is a place where broken people can fall in love with a beautiful God. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Certainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
People had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live, — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The end of war begins with people who believe that another world is possible and that another empire has already interrupted time… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Look through the prayer books. You'll see lots of dates. You'll see names of Native Americans remembered. This was an open-sourcing project… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
David, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible things - they were murderers. The Bible would be… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Governments can do lots of things, but there are a lot of things they cannot do. A government can provide good housing,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
A lot of times people say whatever the government touches, they don't do that well, so why would we trust them with… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
There's an understanding of common prayer that I think we're seeing grow, more and more. When I travel, I hear from people… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The Catholic understanding has been that the death penalty has been become, like, outdated because in industrialized countries. We have other ways… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We see God all the time here. People only hear bad things about our neighborhood. Kensington is known as the badlands. I… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I always tell our community that we should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. It's certainly never… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Maybe we are a little crazy. After all, we believe in things we don't see. The Scriptures say that faith is "being… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We can ignore suffering no matter where we live. There are people who live a few miles from me who never see… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We have a relational problem with those who are suffering or who are different from us. All of us are most comfortable… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Biological family is too small of a vision. Patriotism is far too myopic. A love for our own relatives and a love… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The monastic folks have the spirit of being in the world but not of the world, sort of peculiar people who have… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We've heard from people all around the world, telling us that this is their reality. People need a way to connect the… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it.… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
I just have a more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
“If you find yourself climbing the ladder of success, be careful or else on your way up you might pass Jesus on his way… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family praying together.… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
“Clarence Jordan, co-founder of Koinonia Farm, wrote, “The Good News of the resurrection is not that we shall die and go home with him,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
![“[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not talking about fluffy stuff. We're talking about real life for people around the world. Our prayers should be said like the daily breath that gives us life.” quote by Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ef0/shane-claiborne-960_around-the-world_people-need-to-find-words-that-can-recon_906206.jpg)
![“[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God sent the living bread and the living water in a world where there is so much thirst and so much hunger.” quote by Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cdc/shane-claiborne-960_bread_mahatma-ghandi-said-in-a-world-with-so-m_1089606.png)
