This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, not a set of suggestions for empire.
Shane ClaiborneI think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others.
Shane Claiborne[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God sent the living bread and the living water in a world where there is so much thirst and so much hunger.
Shane ClaiborneWe are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.
Shane Claiborne