Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it.… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I moved to Philadelphia to go to school at Eastern partly because I wanted to study the Bible and I also went… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Jesus is challenging that when addressing "who is your neighbor" and he has a lot of hard things to say about family,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Karl Barth said it well: "We have to read the Bible in one hand... and the newspaper in the other." Our faith… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the… — 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
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
The future of the church is also about looking back and looking at where we see these wonderful renewals and what we… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Philadelphia caught my attention in 1995 when a group of homeless families were living in an abandoned cathedral. Even from the beginning… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
[Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
When we were starting our community a bunch of older Benedictine nuns said to us, "If you have any questions or want… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only… — 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
I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
In closing, to those who have closed the door on religion - I was recently asked by a non-Christian friend if I… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived. — 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
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