[Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love. Shane Claiborne More Quotes by Shane Claiborne More Quotes From Shane Claiborne Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it. Shane Claiborne blessasksmake-sense Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way. Shane Claiborne sprinkleschristianjesus We can ignore suffering no matter where we live. There are people who live a few miles from me who never see much poverty or the injustices that live on our doorstep. Shane Claiborne sufferingmatterpeople Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist. Shane Claiborne crazywarworld I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love. Shane Claiborne agelovepeople When we were starting our community a bunch of older Benedictine nuns said to us, "If you have any questions or want to pick our brains, please do - we've been doing community for about 1,500 years together so we've learned a few things." Shane Claiborne communitybrainyears It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested! Shane Claiborne nunnextideas We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches. Shane Claiborne planterscommunitychurch This common prayer project has taken years of energy, but we see it not as a way to leave our individual churches, but as a movement we hope to see permeate the larger Church. Shane Claiborne takenprayeryears We know the Church wasn't born 200 years ago. It's encouraging to see some of the post-denominational churches actually wanting to reconnect with the story and the prayer life of the larger Church. Shane Claiborne churchprayeryears There are financial bankruptcies in many parts of the church. No question about that. But we see the possibility of reimagining and revitalizing the church. Shane Claiborne reimaginingfinancialchurch Somehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name. Shane Claiborne christiannamesjesus Jesus still has a really great reputation and the Spirit is still moving. I've got a lot of hope for a generation that takes Jesus seriously, once again. Shane Claiborne generationsmovingjesus There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own. Shane Claiborne together-we-cancertainyoung There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share. In neighborhoods like ours, the churches provide stability. Shane Claiborne churchrealshare There are people who are dangerous, and evil is real. Shane Claiborne realevilpeople The Catholic understanding has been that the death penalty has been become, like, outdated because in industrialized countries. We have other ways of protecting societies from dangerous people without killing them. And in fact, it's important to remember that much of the world has done away with the death penalty. Shane Claiborne catholiccountrypeople David, Moses, Saul of Tarsus, these were all people who did terrible terrible things  -  they were murderers. The Bible would be a lot shorter without grace. Shane Claiborne gracewould-bepeople When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of Assisi who, through their lifestyle, were challenging the patterns of materialism and militarism and it affected the Christianity of their age. Shane Claiborne agechallengesthinking I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but the sinners that I've come for," so I think that that's the scandal of God's love and grace that no one is beyond redemption, and we can see that all through scripture, you know. Shane Claiborne believejesusthinking
