In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey. — 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 Image
There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death and creating more victims and more anger and more pain. They want to heal from that, and I think that's exactly what God wants to do. And, interestingly enough, that's part of what God's original law… — 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 Image
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 Image
It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that crime. That's how a lot of the criminal justice works. But God's justice is restorative, so it's not as interested in those same questions of "What did they do wrong?" and "What is the punishment for… — 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 is not just how many units of housing we create or how good our health care system is, it is that people have someone to eat dinner with and that people have someone to hold their… — 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 Image
We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
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 Image
