About Us

Shane Claiborne

 

Shane's speaking and travel schedule.

To learn more about inviting Shane for a speaking engagement, please click here.

Shane's Glamour Shots for speaking events

To read praise for The Irresistible Revolution : Living as an Ordinary Radical, please click here.

To read a sample chapter from The Irresistible Revolution : Living as an Ordinary Radical, please click here. (in PDF format)

Profile:

  • Layer in the Onion (community member since…)
    • Partner (here since Jan/1998)
  • Schooling
    • Graduate of Eastern University, studied sociology and youth ministry
    • Did some graduate work at Princeton Seminary, but took a leave of absence, now a part of The Alternative Seminary here in Philly
  • Work/vocation
  • Recent Film Favorite
  • Recommended film from the past
  • CD most likely playing right now
  • Favorite childhood band
  • Recent book favorite
  • Influential book from the past
  • Weird quirk or pet peeve
    • I don’t like spit, and have a hard time eating or drinking after anyone.
  • Special gift or secret talent
    • Firebreathing and fire-eating
  • USAntihero friend
    • Captain Amerika and more recently met up with Jubilee Jester
  • Something that keeps me awake at night (besides thumping street music)
    • The mice.  And talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.
  • Deep thought or Good quote to ponder
    • Love… and do as you wish.
  • Favorite place(s) I’ve been…
    • Calcutta (India), Rutba (Iraq), to the Caribbean with my momma
  • Internet links or blog…
    • Nope.
  • If I could spend a day with a dead person…
    • I’d visit the Crystal Cathedral with St. Francis... and then hitchhike to the beach to turn some somersaults and hear him preach to the seagulls. 

 



We are the simple way, a community of faith.

Each of us is created for community, and in the image of community. And yet everything in the world tries to rob us of this Divine gift.

The life of the simple way is the story of that struggle to love and to be loved.

The most radical thing we do is choose to love each other... again and again.

If you are a seeker of the Way, may our story feed you hope... or at least keep you from making all the same mistakes.

"Life in community is no less than a necessity for us, an inescapable 'must'... all life created by God exists in communal order and works toward community." -- Eberhard Arnold

Contact Info

Our mailing address is:
The Simple Way
PO Box 14751
Philadelphia, PA 19134

The Family

Potter Street Community
Camden House
New Jerusalem
Rutba House (New Monasticism)
Yes! And... CAMP
Communality (Blog)
Circle Of Hope
psalters
Common Ground Community
Jamie Moffett
Dotted Line Shirts (T-Shirt company)
Ross' Espresso Bar

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