Shane Claiborne’s autobiographical work The Irresistible Revolution chronicles his amazing opportunities to live among homeless in Philadelphia, prompting his founding of The Simple Way, a branch of New Monasticism that reaches some of the poorest in America with the love of Christ. In this...

In the summer of 2006 I took a copy of Shane Claiborne’s debut book, The Irresistible Revolution, on a family camping trip to the Nehalem River in northwest Oregon.  As we tented under a canopy of firs and cedars, my husband and I traded the book back and forth as we enjoyed our time in the forest. Claiborne...

A vigorous discussion is under way in the Comments section of last week’s interview with Donald Miller about his decision to campaign for Barack Obama. One of the comments is from John Cooper, the youth pastor of Garden Ridge Church of Christ in Lewisville, Texas. After stating his appreciation...