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It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested!
Shane Claiborne
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Shane Claiborne
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 11
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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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