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“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.”

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Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne is an author, social activist, and Christian pacifist, known for his advocacy of simple living and opposition to war. Born on July 11, 1975, Claiborne's work and activities aim to promote social justice and global peace. more

“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.”

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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.”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“[Mahatma] Ghandi said in a world with so many hungry people it just makes sense that God would come as food. God sent the living bread and the living water in a world where there is so much thirst and so much hunger.”

People World Said Water Hunger Hungry Bread Make Sense Thirst

Author:Shane Claiborne

“The future of the church is also about looking back and looking at where we see these wonderful renewals and what we can learn from the early church. I think it is a really exciting time where Phyllis Tickle said every few hundred years the church needs a rummage sale where we can get rid of some of the clutter.”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.”

Seeing Treasure

Author:Shane Claiborne

“There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement.”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.”

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“I have this certain reluctance when it comes to this idea that we are spiritual but not religious and we want Jesus but not the church. Why can't we have both?”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing.”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.”

People Said Church Rooms My Friends Hypocrite

Author:Shane Claiborne

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