Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants. Shane Claiborne More Quotes by Shane Claiborne More Quotes From Shane Claiborne There's something beautiful about that Scripture that says, "Your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams" (Acts 2:17). We need each other. There is power when the old and young dream together. Shane Claiborne dreambeautifulmen Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do. Shane Claiborne convincingprayerwant We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death. Shane Claiborne before-deathwonderworld There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of. Shane Claiborne churchcomplainingdream Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta." Shane Claiborne calcuttaeyemother There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner. Shane Claiborne dinnerfancytalking Charity is merely returning what we have stolen. Shane Claiborne stolencharity As an American, and especially as a Christian, I am convinced that a love for our own people is not a bad thing, but love doesn't stop at borders. Love is infinitely boundless and all about holy trespassing and offensive friendships. Shane Claiborne christianlove-ispeople To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Shane Claiborne christiansorrybelieve The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today. Shane Claiborne politicalimaginationthinking The world is looking, not for Christians who are perfect, but for Christians who are honest and who are willing to be honest with some of our contradictions and hypocrisy. Shane Claiborne hypocrisychristianperfect 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 to belly laugh. You catch hope from someone who has it down in their gut. Shane Claiborne detailsstorieslaughing Violence is for those who have lost their imagination. Shane Claiborne violenceimaginationlost The history of the church has been largely a history of "believers" refusing to believe in the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving in to the very temptations he resisted--power, relevancy, spectacle. Shane Claiborne temptationgivingbelieve Let's keep refusing to accept the world as it is and insisting on building the world we dream of. Don't let the haters have the last word. Shane Claiborne lastsdreamworld When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way. Shane Claiborne realizingbeautifulway 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. We're all trying to live in the light of the history that shines through the biblical narrative. Shane Claiborne biblicalherosong What the Black lives matter movement is doing is they are making it personal. They are making it hash tagged, exposing the racial injustice that continues to haunt our country in a way that you can't ignore. There is power in injustice becoming personal. Shane Claiborne becomingblackcountry The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do. Shane Claiborne restorationpoliticiancommunity We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus. Shane Claiborne settingsdisappointmentjesus
