Shane Claiborne Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

  Shane Claiborne

  Moving, Giving, Mountain

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

• We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.

  Shane Claiborne

  Wall, People, Giving

  Shane Claiborne (2006). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical”, p.123, Harper Collins

• If the people of God were to transform the world through fascination, these amazing teachings had to work at the center of these peculiar people. Then we can look into the eyes of a centurion and see not a beast but a child of God, and then walk with that child a couple of miles. Look into the eys of tax collectors as they sue you in court; see their poverty and give them your coat. Look in to the eys of the ones who are hardest for you to like, and see the One you love. For God loves good and bad people.

  Shane Claiborne

  Children, Couple, Teaching

  Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.95, Harper Collins

• We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighers, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest.

  Shane Claiborne

  Jesus, Giving, Guy

  "The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical". Book by Shane Claiborne, 2006.

• The history of the church has been largely a history of "believers" refusing to believe in the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving in to the very temptations he resisted--power, relevancy, spectacle.

  Shane Claiborne

  Believe, Giving, Temptation

  Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.166, Harper Collins

• [People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not talking about fluffy stuff. We're talking about real life for people around the world. Our prayers should be said like the daily breath that gives us life.

  Shane Claiborne

  Prayer, Real, Talking

  Source: www.readthespirit.com

• I think in the end, God's justice is redemptive, it's restorative, it's about giving life, not taking life.

  Shane Claiborne

  Thinking, Giving, Justice

  Source: medium.com

• Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it is not just how many units of housing we create or how good our health care system is, it is that people have someone to eat dinner with and that people have someone to hold their hand when they die. That is what we are called to do and it is the love of Christ. It is relationships.

  Shane Claiborne

  Mother, Love You, Hands

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

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