--- title: "4 Neighborhood Quotes By Shane Claiborne" description: "4 Neighborhood quotes by Shane Claiborne. Plus more from Shane Claiborne and more Neighborhood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/shane-claiborne-960_chicken-soup_the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for_1475074.jpg" --- > [The problem is that the Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul stuff may feel good, but none of that typical stuff helps when somebody in your neighborhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-stuff-may-feel-good/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/shane-claiborne-960_chicken-soup_the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for_1475074.jpg) > [There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-is-real-value-in-these-local-congregations-for-me-a-lot-of-it/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/shane-claiborne-960_church_there-is-real-value-in-these-local-congr_1769948.jpg) > [We see God all the time here. People only hear bad things about our neighborhood. Kensington is known as the badlands. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-see-god-all-the-time-here-people-only-hear-bad-things-about-our/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/shane-claiborne-960_bad-thing_we-see-god-all-the-time-here-people-only_2447671.jpg) > [I'm a Tennessee boy. I grew up in East Tennessee most of my life, then came up to Philly to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-m-a-tennessee-boy-i-grew-up-in-east-tennessee-most-of-my-life-then/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/shane-claiborne-960_boys_i-m-a-tennessee-boy-i-grew-up-in-east-te_3072152.jpg) ## Other authors on Neighborhood - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rodney-dangerfield-80610.jpg) Rodney Dangerfield 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/rodney-dangerfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wendell-berry-94730.jpg) Wendell Berry 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/wendell-berry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fred-rogers-36077.jpg) Fred Rogers 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/fred-rogers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-carlin-37578.jpg) George Carlin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/george-carlin/) - [Sharon Zukin 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/sharon-zukin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-byrne-47075.jpg) Jane Byrne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/jane-byrne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ice-cube-43040.jpg) Ice Cube 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/ice-cube/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/george-w-bush/) ## More by Shane Claiborne > [“we can live without sex, but we cant live without love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-can-live-without-sex-but-we-cant-live-without-love/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-re-not-church-planters-we-are-community-planters-and-as-we-work-in/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-are-some-called-death-fatigue-people-who-just-grow-so-tired-of/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/every-70-year-old-needs-a-young-person-in-their-lives-to-mentor-and/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [I just have a more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-just-have-a-more-holistic-sense-of-what-it-means-to-be-for-life/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/it-s-not-that-hard-to-say-slavery-is-wrong-after-we-ve-abolished-it/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-think-of-justice-sometimes-as-getting-what-you-deserve-you-know/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/mother-theresa-said-it-is-not-how-much-we-give-that-is-important-but/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/no-one-has-seen-god-but-as-we-love-one-another-god-lives-in-us/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [“If you find yourself climbing the ladder of success, be careful or else on your way up you might pass Jesus on his way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/if-you-find-yourself-climbing-the-ladder-of-success-be-careful-or/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-need-good-laws-but-no-law-can-change-a-human-heart-only-god-can-do/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-re-remembering-each-other-s-heroes-too-we-are-learning-each-other/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-is-a-certain-power-when-old-and-young-come-together-we-can-do/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/you-can-t-really-learn-god-s-hope-like-you-learn-the-logic-of-an/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/clarence-jordan-co-founder-of-koinonia-farm-wrote-the-good-news-of/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/#itemlist", "name": "4 Neighborhood Quotes By Shane Claiborne", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The problem is that the Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul stuff may feel good, but none of that typical stuff helps when somebody in your neighborhood is murdered.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shane Claiborne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-stuff-may-feel-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/shane-claiborne-960_chicken-soup_the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for_1475074.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/shane-claiborne-960_chicken-soup_the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for_1475074.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/shane-claiborne-960_chicken-soup_the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for_1475074.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The problem is that the Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul stuff may feel good, but none of that typical stuff helps…” — Shane Claiborne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share. In neighborhoods like ours, the churches provide stability.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shane Claiborne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-is-real-value-in-these-local-congregations-for-me-a-lot-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/shane-claiborne-960_church_there-is-real-value-in-these-local-congr_1769948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/shane-claiborne-960_church_there-is-real-value-in-these-local-congr_1769948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/shane-claiborne-960_church_there-is-real-value-in-these-local-congr_1769948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we…” — Shane Claiborne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We see God all the time here. People only hear bad things about our neighborhood. Kensington is known as the badlands. I always say you have to be careful when you call a place the badlands because that is exactly what they said about Nazareth. Nothing good can come from there. I think we see God in the margins.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shane Claiborne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-see-god-all-the-time-here-people-only-hear-bad-things-about-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/shane-claiborne-960_bad-thing_we-see-god-all-the-time-here-people-only_2447671.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/shane-claiborne-960_bad-thing_we-see-god-all-the-time-here-people-only_2447671.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/shane-claiborne-960_bad-thing_we-see-god-all-the-time-here-people-only_2447671.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We see God all the time here. People only hear bad things about our neighborhood. Kensington is known as the…” — Shane Claiborne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a Tennessee boy. I grew up in East Tennessee most of my life, then came up to Philly to go to college and fell in love with this city, and particularly, my neighborhood on the north side of Philadelphia.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shane Claiborne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-m-a-tennessee-boy-i-grew-up-in-east-tennessee-most-of-my-life-then/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/shane-claiborne-960_boys_i-m-a-tennessee-boy-i-grew-up-in-east-te_3072152.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/shane-claiborne-960_boys_i-m-a-tennessee-boy-i-grew-up-in-east-te_3072152.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/shane-claiborne-960_boys_i-m-a-tennessee-boy-i-grew-up-in-east-te_3072152.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a Tennessee boy. I grew up in East Tennessee most of my life, then came up to Philly to go to college…” — Shane Claiborne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/", "name": "Neighborhood Quotes by Shane Claiborne", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/shane-claiborne-960_chicken-soup_the-problem-is-that-the-chicken-soup-for_1475074.jpg" }, "description": "4 Neighborhood quotes by Shane Claiborne. Plus more from Shane Claiborne and more Neighborhood sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Neighborhood", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Shane Claiborne", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/shane-claiborne/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```