Shane Claiborne
Biography
Shane Claiborne wrote Executing Grace and Rethinking Life, and co-wrote Jesus for President with Chris Haw.
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History & Biography
“This is a book the world needs right now. Diana Oestreich has seen the horrors of war firsthand and has felt the collision between the Empire's sword and the Savior's cross. She is not just giving us a theology of peace; she is showing the world what it looks like to follow the way of the cross in a world ravaged by war. Diana Oestreich is a new hero of mine.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This long-overdue book is the fruit of many years of bold adventures for peace. It reads like a journal, but a thrilling journal filled with horror and hope, written from the trenches of one of the most troubled war zones in the world. Peggy has seen things that did not make the news--some of them are more terrible than we can ever imagine, and some of them are more beautiful than we could ever dream. Her life and words are a daring call for us to get in the way of violence.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“One of our biggest challenges in the church is imagination. In this book, Mark Elsdon reminds us that there is no scarcity of resources, only a scarcity of creativity and courage. He shows us a way forward, even in the midst of a pandemic. If we believe that light shines in darkness, this is an amazing moment for us to shine. If we feel anxious about resources, we need only remind ourselves of what Jesus did with a few struggling fishermen and a few courageous young women . . . and how he took a kid’s lunch to feed the masses. Indeed, even as we look at the early church faced with poverty pressing in all around them, we can see that they were able to provide for everyone by sharing, by fasting, and by holding all things in common. Gandhi put it well: ‘There is enough for everyone’s need, but there is not enough for everyone’s greed.’”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“For decades John Perkins's footsteps have been leading people out of captivity, like Moses. And Charles Marsh has been tracking those footsteps with the eye of a historian, showing us that this liberation journey is an ancient one, and it ain't over yet . . . It did not end with Moses or with Dr. King, nor will it end with John Perkins. In Welcoming Justice, Perkins and Marsh have created a perfect harmony, a freedom song that will echo with hope through the streets of injustice and the halls of academia, inviting everyone who hears to take a step out of the empire in which we live and to move one step closer to the Promised Land, the beloved community of God.”
Christian Living
“An invitation to let God blow your mind, confound your logic, shatter your boxes, and leave you marveling at how small our imaginations are and how big our God is.”
Where the Cross Meets the Street
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Part memoir. Part Bible study (in the best sense). Part training guide in community development. Part invitation to revolution. Noel Castellanos is one of the most influential leaders in the country guiding one of the most beautiful movements in the world, CCDA. I am honored to call him a friend and teacher . . . and many of us have been waiting for this book a long time.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“For about two decades, Daniel Hill has been wrestling with what it means to be a white man in America and a white pastor in the city of Chicago. He is fearlessly curious and inquisitive. When things get uncomfortable, he leans in. This book is Daniel's invitation to lean in to the current moment and join the movement for racial justice—lest we discover a generation from now that we slept through a revolution.”
Christian Living
“It's been said, "The true Gospel comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable." Jeff reminds us that Jesus not only came to heal broken hearts—but also to shatter the status quo. Let his book be an invitation to say 'yes' to Jesus and then do something daring with your life. May it help you become a holy nonconformist to all the patterns of this world that are out of sync with the upside-down Kingdom of God. May it give you the courage to join the revolutionary work of Jesus, loving people back to life and building a new world in the shell of the old one.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Fear is the enemy of love. When fear rather than love is the driving force behind our life choices and public policies, we end up contributing to the suffering of the world rather than alleviating it. Kent's new book You Welcomed Me stands firmly on the biblical promise that perfect love casts out fear. He reminds us that when we welcome the stranger we welcome Christ . . . and when we do not welcome the stranger, we do not welcome Christ. Quite simply, this is an invitation to love like Jesus loves—with arms wide open—and to be as hospitable to others as God has been to us.”
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