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I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others.
Shane Claiborne
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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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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.
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If every Christian family brought in a child who needed a family we would put the foster care system out of business.
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When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way.
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If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.
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Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.
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In the Bible, God uses brothel owners, pagan kings, murderers and mercenaries as instruments of good at one point God even speaks to a guy named Balaam through his donkey.
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I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the ability to have our hearts broken with the things that break the heart of God. That is part of what it means to be a Christian.
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As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.
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Because you can poke someone's eye out legally doesn't mean you should and that it's right. The Bible teaches us a more perfect justice.
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