Excerpts from "Irresistible Revolution" by Shane Claiborne PART TWO

Few people are interested in a religion that has nothing to say to the world and offers them only life after death, when what people are really wondering is whether there is life before death.

We are about ending poverty, not simply managing it.

We have described the layers of our common life as an onion, at the core of which are the partners who covenant to love and cherish each other (the hardest and most beautiful thing we do), and each of us shares healthy responsibilities and expectations. We've hashed out our nonnegotiables and tried to understand those we do not agree with.

Jesus did not seek out the rich and powerful in order to trickle down his Kingdom.

"We are trying to shout the gospel with our lives." -- Sister Margaret

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. People are not crucified for helping poor people. People are crucified for joining them.

It's easy to see these things as spectacular, but I really believe that's only because we live in a world that has lost its imagination.