I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.
Shane ClaiborneI have this certain reluctance when it comes to this idea that we are spiritual but not religious and we want Jesus but not the church. Why can't we have both?
Shane ClaiborneWhen you poll snake person Christians, Christians born after 1980, it's like 80% of them are against the death penalty. It's not because they've thrown out their faith, but it's because of their faith they can't reconcile the death penalty with Jesus and their commitment to Jesus.
Shane ClaiborneIt doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice
Shane ClaiborneCharity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed. People do not get crucified for charity. People are crucified for living out a love that disrupts the social order, that calls forth a new world. People are not crucified for helping poor people. People are crucified for joining them.
Shane Claiborne