Thought for the Day

When people begin moving beyond charity and toward justice

and solidarity with the poor and oppressed, as Jesus did, they

get into trouble. Once we are actually friends with folks in struggle,

we start to ask why people are poor, which is never as popular

as giving to charity. . . Charity wins awards and applause, but

joining the poor gets you killed. People do not get crucified

for charity. People are crucified for living out a love 

that disrupts the social order, that calls forth a new world.

~ Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution

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Shane Claiborne (Zondervan Profile)

The Irrestible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (Zondervan, 2006; on GoogleBooks)

The Simple Way (Claiborne founded this inner-city community in Philadelphia.

Blog at Sojourners

Interview, "Shane Claiborne: Interview with a New Monastic", Krista Tippett on Being, July 1, 2010