There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“And that’s when things get messy. When people begin moving beyond charity and toward justice and solidarity with the poor and oppressed,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
There is extreme poverty in Appalachia, where I was, and increasingly poverty is not just an urban thing. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Maybe we are a little crazy. After all, we believe in things we don't see. The Scriptures say that faith is "being… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We don't actually have rich and poor together instead we have a family. What does it mean? If you have resources, you… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I had come to see that the great tragedy in the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the… — 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
Love has no limits. Compassion has no party. It is the responsibility of every human being and every institution to end poverty… — 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
“The lives of the thirty thousand children who die of starvation each day is like 6 september 11ths every single day, a… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist. — 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
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
