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
More Quotes By Shane Claiborne
Christians pretty much live like everybody else, they just sprinkle a little Jesus in along the way.
There are congregations on nearly every corner. I’m not sure we need more churches. What we need is... It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become... Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the... Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached... The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a... Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.
Christianity can be built around isolating ourselves from evildoers and sinners, creating a community of religious piety and... All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children,... How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?
Charity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed. People do not get crucified... God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.
And I think that’s what our world is desperately in need of – lovers, people who are building... When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.
So even as we see the horror of death, may we be reminded that in the end, love...
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