"Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful." --Shane Claiborne, Jesus for President
"A nation that continues to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other’s needs—no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, no a set of suggestions for empire. But Jesus’ vision of cultivating alternative communities of sharing, debt cancellation, and mutual aid didn’t just end with the people of Israel. His jubilee was a liberation of all the poor and broken peoples of the empire” (Claiborne, p. 90).
“Jesus reminded Israel that God’s plan wasn’t for them to be God’s favorites or to be more blessed than others. Rather, they were blessed to be a blessing for the whole world. In this case of the jubilee, practicing economic justice was not just an ancient dream but was to be practiced among and for the poor and broken of the world. Was it also possible that the new king Jesus taught that Israel should practice jubilee, forgiveness of debts, and communal love toward outsiders? Whatever we find in Jesus’ opening statement in Nazareth, one thing is for sure: in the here and now, he was all about the economy of God, the forgiveness of debts, and the release of slaves, all in accordance with the jubilee economics of the ancient exodus desert tribes” (Claiborne, p. 91).
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4 comments:
hmm..good quotes. I especially like the third one...who is Claiborne? I evidently need to check him/her out.
P.S. How did you'r parents come out after Ike?
Hi Laura! His name is Shane Clairborne, and I'm in the middle of his book _Jesus for President._ It's amazing, in my mind. He's written several others and is part of a community that lives together and shares everything they have with one another.
My parents are all right. They still don't have power in their house, and my mom's still out of school as well. They did lose several trees in their yard, though, which can be a little sad.
hey girl....you beeter get to work! lol, quiet time is going good for me...not perfect but good. I really enjoy it, the hard part is making myself get up to do it b4 the girls wake up. I will have to find look alikes for everyone else...hmmmm
so LJ just keeps radomly calling me and mking me say bellmead taco bell! hahahah
Also, they are making some progress on my carjacking case, the guy is actually working on it not just saying he will and then forgetting about it. He reopened it and is going back over evidence and even taking DNA from the clothes i was wearing....working for PD has its perks...whats crazy is that it isnt even a Waco case...
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