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
Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived. — 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
“Most good things have already been said far too many times and just need to be lived.” — 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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
“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
We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
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
There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
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… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
“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,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
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![“[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not talking about fluffy stuff. We're talking about real life for people around the world. Our prayers should be said like the daily breath that gives us life.” quote by Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/shane-claiborne-960_around-the-world_people-need-to-find-words-that-can-recon_906206.jpg)
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