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 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
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
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
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
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
We're remembering both the good and the bad in our history together in this world. This isn't an attempt to make people… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
As an American, and especially as a Christian, I am convinced that a love for our own people is not a bad… — 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
We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless… — 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
Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together. — 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
For even if the whole world believed in resurrection, little would change until we began to practice it. We can believe in… — 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
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
Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
