Quotes from Shane Claiborne
Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.
- Shane Claiborne
You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning to belly laugh. You catch hope from someone who has it down in their gut.
- Shane Claiborne
All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.
- Shane Claiborne
The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.
- Shane Claiborne
We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.
- Shane Claiborne
We know the Church wasn't born 200 years ago. It's encouraging to see some of the post-denominational churches actually wanting to reconnect with the story and the prayer life of the larger Church.
- Shane Claiborne
I think in the end, God's justice is redemptive, it's restorative, it's about giving life, not taking life.
- Shane Claiborne
What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's politics?
- Shane Claiborne
We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.
- Shane Claiborne
The end of war begins with people who believe that another world is possible and that another empire has already interrupted time and space and is taking over this earth with the dreams of God.
- Shane Claiborne
The time has come for a new kind of conversation, a new kind of Christianity, a new kind of revolution.
- Shane Claiborne
Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like a circus or theater - making the Gospel visible as a witness to the world around us.
- Shane Claiborne