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If those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world... well, we should at least pray that it is.
Shane Claiborne
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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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Philadelphia caught my attention in 1995 when a group of homeless families were living in an abandoned cathedral. Even from the beginning they connected theology with what they were doing. They put a banner on the front of the cathedral that said, How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday.
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Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love.
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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?
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