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There is one big misunderstanding of the monastics leaving society.

Shane Claiborne

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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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Eastern Tennessee
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Leaving
Society

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I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity.
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It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.
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Somehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name.
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Look through the prayer books. You'll see lots of dates. You'll see names of Native Americans remembered. This was an open-sourcing project among so many people.
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