“Some folks give people fish. Others teach people to fish. Others ask, “Who owns the pond? And why does a fishing license cost so much?” — 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 pond. And we figure out who polluted it. — 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
