“We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.” Quote by Shane Claiborne
“There is real value in these local congregations. For me, a lot of it is the value of the sacraments we share. In neighborhoods like ours, the churches provide stability.” RealValuesChurchShareLocalsNeighborhoodStabilitySacramentsCongregationReal Value Author:Shane Claiborne
“This common prayer project has taken years of energy, but we see it not as a way to leave our individual churches, but as a movement we hope to see permeate the larger Church.” WayYearsIndividualEnergyChurchPrayerCommonTakenMovementProjects Author:Shane Claiborne
“We know the Church wasn't born 200 years ago. It's encouraging to see some of the post-denominational churches actually wanting to reconnect with the story and the prayer life of the larger Church.” KnowsYearsStoriesBornChurchPrayerYears AgoPostsPrayer Life Author:Shane Claiborne
“Somehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name.” DoneChristianJesusNamesReputationSurvivedEmbarrassing Author:Shane Claiborne
“Jesus still has a really great reputation and the Spirit is still moving. I've got a lot of hope for a generation that takes Jesus seriously, once again.” StillsMovingSpiritJesusGenerationsReputationReally Great 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
“Tony Campolo and I both speak a lot, and we began to notice that there were some crowds of old folks that desperately needed some youthful energy, and there were other crowds of young folks that desperately needed some aged wisdom.” YoungEnergySpeakNeededFolksCrowds 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
“It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested!” IdeasNextGood IdeasArrestedNun Author:Shane Claiborne
“Whenever folks say radical Christianity is "a phase" of youth, I tell them they need to meet our 80-year-old nun or my friend Tony Campolo.” NeedsYearsChristianityYouthMy FriendsFolksRadicalPhasesNun Author:Shane Claiborne