I think they [ monastic folks ] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I don't know if you've read the Bible, and if you haven't, I think you may be in a better place than… — 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
And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with… — 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
I found that the death penalty - and I'm not a hot-button issue person, you know, I'm not a single issue person … — 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… — 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… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say… — 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
Sometimes our tunnel vision is limited to what we see outside our window. Until racial injustice becomes personal then I don't think… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I think in the end, God's justice is redemptive, it's restorative, it's about giving life, not taking life. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We say it is idealistic to think we can continue to live the way we live - with 5% of the world… — 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
When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of… — 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 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
MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER… — 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
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