Quotes about Transformation
us stand up both to the demons that hide behind ungodly laws, and the false religion that props up injustice. Make us into a people who shine out your love so that the world might know another way is possible. Amen.
— Shane Claiborne
This is prophetic work, and Christians are called to be the prophets of a new and better world, not just the chaplains of empire and defenders of the status quo.
— Shane Claiborne
The way of Jesus is not a proposal for how to take over the nation-state and make it Christian. It is, rather, a lesson in learning not to take over--to be a community where we find a new way of life by giving ourselves for others.
— Shane Claiborne
Grace makes room for redemption. Grace offers us a vision for justice that is restorative, and dedicated to healing the wounds of injustice. But
— Shane Claiborne
Death closes the door to any possibility for redemption. Grace opens up that door.
— Shane Claiborne
Much of the Bible was written by murderers who were given a second chance. Moses. David. Paul. The Bible would be much shorter without grace.
— Shane Claiborne
Prayer is less about trying to get God to do something we want God to do and more about getting ourselves to do what God wants us to do and to become who God wants us to become.
— Shane Claiborne
Lord, help us stand up both to the demons that hide behind ungodly laws, and the false religion that props up injustice. Make us into a people who shine out your love so that the world might know another way is possible. Amen.
— Shane Claiborne
We must take a plunge into the darkness before we can fully appreciate the light.
— Shane Claiborne
to believe in another world despite the evidence around us, and to watch the evidence change.
— Shane Claiborne
As French theologian Jacques Ellul once said, "Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.
— Shane Claiborne
Little people with big dreams are reimagining the world. Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love. Now
— Shane Claiborne