Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived. Shane Claiborne More Quotes by Shane Claiborne More Quotes From Shane Claiborne Sometimes our tunnel vision is limited to what we see outside our window. Until racial injustice becomes personal then I don't think it moves us in our gut. Shane Claiborne tunnels moving thinking There is a difference between feeding someone and eating dinner with them. If every Christian at home just made room for the stranger we would end homelessness overnight. Shane Claiborne differences christian home If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business. Shane Claiborne care christian children When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role. Shane Claiborne issues government christian When one in three Black men are in prison, those larger systemic injustices become a part of what it means to love our neighbor as ourself. We care about dismantling institutional racism. That begins in relationships when you see injustice happen. Shane Claiborne racism men mean [Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love. Shane Claiborne our-love christian jesus We say it is idealistic to think we can continue to live the way we live - with 5% of the world using half the world's resources, with $20,000 a second being spent on war. Shane Claiborne half war thinking I say let's be idealists. "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not yet see" (Hebrews 11:1). Shane Claiborne hebrew certain idealist Because you can poke someone's eye out legally doesn't mean you should and that it's right. The Bible teaches us a more perfect justice. Shane Claiborne eye perfect mean We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that crime. That's how a lot of the criminal justice works. But God's justice is restorative, so it's not as interested in those same questions of "What did they do wrong?" and "What is the punishment for that?" It's more about what harm was done and how do we heal that harm, and that's a much more redemptive version. So, it definitely doesn't turn a blind eye to harm, but it does say we want to heal the wounds of that. Shane Claiborne deserve-you eye thinking One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope. Shane Claiborne engagement political danger When you poll snake person Christians, Christians born after 1980, it's like 80% of them are against the death penalty. It's not because they've thrown out their faith, but it's because of their faith they can't reconcile the death penalty with Jesus and their commitment to Jesus. Shane Claiborne christian commitment jesus There are some Christians who totally disengage from politics and set their minds on heaven so much that their faith is so heavenly minded that it is no earthly good. Shane Claiborne christian mind heaven When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a poster with [Barak] Obama's image with the word "hope" under it, something in me cringes - our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness, the old hymn goes, all other ground is sinking sand. Shane Claiborne party disappointment jesus The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Shane Claiborne political peculiar needs I think in the end, God's justice is redemptive, it's restorative, it's about giving life, not taking life. Shane Claiborne justice giving thinking There are folks who burn the Koran and hold signs saying, "God hates fags" and all sorts of sick things - and they often hijack the headlines with hatred. We know that is not what Christ was like. Shane Claiborne sick hate hatred Karl Barth said it well: "We have to read the Bible in one hand... and the newspaper in the other." Our faith should not cause us to escape this world but to engage it. Shane Claiborne causes hands world The early Christians felt a deep collision with the empire in which they lived, and with politics as usual. They carelessly crossed party lines and built subversive friendships. And we should do that too. Shane Claiborne party usual christian A lot of times people say whatever the government touches, they don't do that well, so why would we trust them with the power over life and death? Do we really believe the system is that perfect that it won't make any mistakes? You can't reverse these mistakes. Shane Claiborne government mistake believe
