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I think they [ monastic folks ] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to build a new world, a new culture together where it was easier to be good and holy.

Shane Claiborne

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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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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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I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.
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It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested!
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This is the company we keep when it comes to the death penalty: China, the number one executing country Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, those are the top 4, and number 5 is the US. And those are not countries that are known as champions for human rights, you know.
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