Confusing Our Kids
I catch up on my news in the airport. Yesterday I watched this obscure story about a second grader in Rhode Island who wore a baseball cap to school with soldiers carrying guns on the front. The school author...
Excuse #283 To Not Live Out God’s Love For a World in Need: “I’m Not That Good”
Those of us who purpose to act as agents of God’s love for a world in need aren’t saints. I would hope that that would go without saying, but I’m not sure it does. Even though I have decided that living a ra...
Common Prayer for Communities
After several years of working with scores of communities, liturgy experts, artists, and musicians, my brothers Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro are excited to announce that Commo...
A New Year’s Invitation: Bring in 2011 with the Youth of Afghanistan
There’s a part of the Christmas story we don’t always tell the kids or teach in Sunday school. All the Christmas cheer was rudely and abruptly interrupted.
According to the birth narrative told in the Gospel o...
Shane Claiborne: The Christian Industrial Complex
BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- It is a sad day when we sell our military banners next to Jesus’ enemy-loving cross to make it in a financial recession...
Conspire Magazine
We Red Letter Christians have found a magazine that aligns with the teachings and beliefs of Red Letter Christianity, “Conspire Magazine”. It was created by Shane Claiborne and those who work with him at his o...
Shane Claiborne: What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?
"Forgive us. Forgive us for the embarrassing things we have done in the name of God."
These are the words of my friend, brother, and former student, Shane Claiborne. In his letter to those who may be peeking...
Was Jesus a Communist or a Capitalist?
Perhaps a greater question than whether Jesus was a Communist or a Capitalist would be, was Jesus concerned with fitting into an economic system during first Century Roman Empirical Rule? Both Shane Claiborne ...