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Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.

Shane Claiborne

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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
Author
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Eastern Tennessee
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Land
Prayer
Community
Jesus
Left
People
Reconciliation
Belonging

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