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 ClaiborneWe 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 ClaiborneWe're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.
Shane ClaiborneI learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.
Shane Claiborne