It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more resources to victims families. We can do all sorts of creative ways of healing the pain that people have done by channeling the energy and resources to other more redemptive forms of justice.
Shane ClaibornePeople had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live.
Shane ClaiborneThe history of the church has been largely a history of "believers" refusing to believe in the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving in to the very temptations he resisted--power, relevancy, spectacle.
Shane ClaiborneMother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta."
Shane ClaiborneLet's keep refusing to accept the world as it is and insisting on building the world we dream of. Don't let the haters have the last word.
Shane Claiborne