I Found Peace in Kabul
BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Afghanistan is one of the most desperate, beat up places in the world. Forbes magazine has called it...
Jesus for President 2012
BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE & CHRIS HAW -- Jesus for President. Amish for Homeland Security. We had some good...
Interrupting Inequality — from Wall Street to Your Street
BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Ten years ago, we threw a party on Wall Street. It was one year after 9/11 and nine years before...
How Are We Political? A Dialogue between Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne
TONY CAMPOLO: Shane, I have a question to ask that may make you squirm a little bit. From hearing you talk and reading your books, you often seem to suggest that Christians not participate in the political ...
Ku Klux Clowns in East Tennessee
BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- This is the story of one of my favorite flash-mob actions, which happened right here...
Big Beasts and Little Prophets: Activists Cooling Down the War Machine With Holy Water
BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- I just arrived in Tennessee for a little sabbatical in the hills where I grew...
Lamenting and Learning from Hiroshima
Today marks the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Here's a really meaningful way to remember the day, by reading the words of George Zabelka, who was an Air Force chaplain that blessed the me...
Happy Birthday Clarence!
Happy Birthday Clarence! Sunday, July 29 would be the 100th birthday of Clarence Jordan, civil rights hero and co-founder of Koinonia Farm. He was a farmer, author, and scholar, and he was instrument...
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
I had a veteran friend once tell me, “The biggest lie I have ever been told is that violence is evil, except in war.” He went on, “My government told me that. My Church told me that. My family told me t...
See you on the other side Chuck Colson (VIDEO)
Chuck Colson died on April 21. Colson worked with Nixon and went to jail over an obstruction of justice charge (interestingly enough, for attempting to defame the Pentagon Papers). But more fondly, Colson wil...