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
I think they [ monastic folks ] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Tony Campolo and I both speak a lot, and we began to notice that there were some crowds of old folks that… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Whenever folks say radical Christianity is "a phase" of youth, I tell them they need to meet our 80-year-old nun or my… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
When we really began executions rather than lynchings, black folks were 22% of our population in 1950, for instance, but they were… — 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
Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
There are folks who burn the Koran and hold signs saying, "God hates fags" and all sorts of sick things - and… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We have been mentored from the very beginning by Catholic folks who are invigorating the best of the monastic spirit. — 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
It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I think we've misinterpreted some of the scriptures to justify the death penalty. So whereas a lot of folks in America feel… — 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… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
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… — 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. So it… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“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
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