Shane Claiborne Quotes about Community

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The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

Shane Claiborne

Community, Restoration, Politician

Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.184, Thomas Nelson Inc

We don't actually have rich and poor together instead we have a family. What does it mean? If you have resources, you hold them with open hands. The mark of the early church was that they began sharing and it said there were no needy persons among them. They ended poverty as they created this new loving community.

Shane Claiborne

Mean, Hands, Community

"Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.

That is part of our critique of some of the charity and service work is that we can still keep relationships at a distance by creating programs that offer services but we don't really create a reconciled community.

Shane Claiborne

Distance, Creating, Community

"Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.

Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love.

Shane Claiborne

Great Love, Community, Ordinary

Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.19, ReadHowYouWant.com

The love that makes community is the willingness to do someone else's dirty work.

Shane Claiborne

Dirty, Community, Dirty Work

Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (2009). “Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals”, p.68, InterVarsity Press

When we were starting our community a bunch of older Benedictine nuns said to us, "If you have any questions or want to pick our brains, please do - we've been doing community for about 1,500 years together so we've learned a few things."

Shane Claiborne

Years, Community, Brain

"Plotting goodness together: An interview with Shane Claiborne". Interview with Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. May 22, 2013.

God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.

Shane Claiborne

People, Community, Stuff

Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc