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Shane Claiborne Quotes: "The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb."

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived."

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.




Shane Claiborne Quotes: "All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe."

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?"

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?




Shane Claiborne Quotes: "God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable."

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel."

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "There are some things to die for but none to kill for."

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.




Shane Claiborne Quotes: "It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle."

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me."

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?."

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it."

We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful."

Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful.




Shane Claiborne Quotes: "The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into."

The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one."

If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world."

Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner."

There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom."

It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities."

A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice"

It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination."

The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey."

In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good; at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta.""

Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta."



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "The church is a place where broken people can fall in love with a beautiful God."

The church is a place where broken people can fall in love with a beautiful God.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way."

Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today."

The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and there are a lot of people talking about love without much truth."

My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and there are a lot of people talking about love without much truth.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Violence is for those who have lost their imagination."

Violence is for those who have lost their imagination.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if it were already here."

And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if it were already here.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did."

As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus."

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "We have to use our discontentment to engage rather than disengage - our hope has to be more powerful than our cynicism."

We have to use our discontentment to engage rather than disengage - our hope has to be more powerful than our cynicism.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants."

Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way."

When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist."

Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Rather than finding the devil "out there," we battle the devil within us. The revolution starts inside each of us."

Rather than finding the devil "out there," we battle the devil within us. The revolution starts inside each of us.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace."

One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more."

Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior."

Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.



Shane Claiborne Quotes: "It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state."

It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.