Shane Claiborne
Shane Claiborne is a Red Letter Christian and a founding partner of The Simple Way community, a radical faith community that lives among and serves the homeless in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. He is the co-author, with Chris Haw, of Jesus for President.
Blog Posts by Shane Claiborne
Posted by Shane Claiborne 7 weeks 6 days ago
In the Bible, Jesus even goes so far as to say that when we feed the poor, the “least of these,” we are feeding Christ himself. When Jesus speaks of the final judgment he says we will be asked by God...
Posted by Shane Claiborne 12 weeks 1 day ago
All the major world religions have an element of self-denial at their core. Jews have Yom Kippur.Muslims have Ramadan.Christians have Lent. In a world filled with clutter, noise, and hustle...
Posted by Shane Claiborne 12 weeks 6 days ago
Amidst the recent police violence in Oakland and the sure temptation of some protestors to resort to violence, I wrote this little reflection inviting all Occupiers to a renewed commitment to...
Posted by Shane Claiborne 14 weeks 5 days ago
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Obama named Dorothy Day as a “great reformer in American history."Who woulda thunk it?This is the same woman J. Edgar Hoover once called a "...
Posted by Shane Claiborne 15 weeks 22 hours ago
Today I was catching up on emails and came across two messages that deeply affected me, maybe because I read them back-to-back. The first one is from a friend who helped release the “Collateral...
Articles by Shane Claiborne
I am Emergent and I Don't Fit the Stereotype
by Julie CLawson
Christian activist (and former high school prom king) Shane Claiborne spent his college years in the company of like-minded travelers.
