“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.” ThinkingWorldTogetherCultureEasierHolyFolksBe GoodDesertNew WorldNew Cultures Author:Shane Claiborne
“That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged.” TogetherChurchPoorRichTablesCommunionRich And PoorEucharist Author:Shane Claiborne
“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.” IfsMeanPersonsDoeSaidHandsTogetherCommunityChurchPoorPovertyRichResourcesMarkRich And PoorNeedy Author:Shane Claiborne
“The Eucharist is a symbol of that as you have bread, the staple food of the poor, and wine, a luxury of the rich, which are brought together at the table.” TogetherPoorRichTablesWineBreadSymbolsLuxuryEucharistStaples Author:Shane Claiborne
“We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family praying together. We're all trying to live in the light of the history that shines through the biblical narrative.” TryingLightTogetherRememberSongPrayingHeroShiningNarrativeBiblicalRemindingPraying Together Author:Shane Claiborne
“We're remembering both the good and the bad in our history together in this world. This isn't an attempt to make people feel bad every morning and to force them to go stick their fingers in a wall socket. We chose these things we included as a way to point people toward the possibility of transformation even while remembering the great pain we have experienced as humanity.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsPainTogetherRememberHumanityForceMorningPossibilityThis WorldWallTransformationSticksFingersEvery Morning Author:Shane Claiborne
“There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own.” TogetherYoungCertainCan DoTogether We Can Author:Shane Claiborne
“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."” IfsWantYearsSaidTogetherCommunityBrainPleasePicksStartingBunchOur CommunityNunYears Together Author:Shane Claiborne
“There's something beautiful about that Scripture that says, "Your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams" (Acts 2:17). We need each other. There is power when the old and young dream together.” MenNeedsDreamTogetherBeautifulYoungVisionScriptureYoung ManOld ManSomething BeautifulWe Need Each OtherDream Act Author:Shane Claiborne
“But as I pursued that dream of upward mobility preparing for college, things just didn't fit together. As I read Scriptures about how the last will be first, I started wondering why I was working so hard to be first.” FirstsHardDreamTogetherLastsWonderCollegeFitScripturePreparingPursuedMobilityWorking So HardUpward Mobility Book:The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
“This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, not a set of suggestions for empire.” PeopleNeedsMindTogetherJesusPresidentCommunityPracticeKingsMajorsMeetingsFolksTheologyWelfareEmpiresSuggestionsComing Together Book:Jesus for President Source: Jesus for President
“Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.” PeopleTogetherBunchWithholding Author:Shane Claiborne
