|
Shane Claiborne
Bestselling Author, Prominent Christian Activist, Sought-after Speaker and Recovering Sinner
 With tears and laughter, Shane Claiborne unveils the tragic messes we’ve made of our world and the tangible hope that another world is possible. Shane graduated from Eastern University, and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. His ministry experience is varied, from a 10-week stint working alongside Mother Teresa in Calcutta, to a year spent serving a wealthy mega-congregation at Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago. During the recent war in Iraq, Shane spent three weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team. Shane is also a founding partner of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped to birth and connect radical faith communities around the world.
Shane writes and travels extensively speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. He is featured in the DVD series “Another World Is Possible” and is the author of the several books including The Irresistible Revolution, Jesus for President, and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers. Shane speaks over 100 times a year in a dozen or so countries and nearly every state in the US. Shane has given academic seminars at Vanderbilt University, Duke University Pepperdine University, Wheaton College, Princeton University, Goshen College and Harvard University. Shane also speaks at various denominational gatherings, festivals, and conferences around the globe. Shane’s work has been featured in everything from Fox News and the Wall Street Journal to CNN and National Public Radio.
Get To Know Shane
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/september/16.38.html?start=1
This is a print interview of Shane from Christianity Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9d9eXC7Z2s&feature=related
Here is a video interview with Shane
Paula Simpson-Parry
 As a final year student in Scotland, Paula spent her Friday evenings with other students in Glasgow’s city center praying for the people they met. This passion to connect ordinary people to God’s incredible love led her to train as a youth worker with Youth for Christ. Although it was a one year program, Paula was hooked and twelve years later she was still with Youth for Christ and part of the National Leadership Team. She has led children’s and youth programs for 2 year olds to 25 year olds, working in churches, schools and at national Christian events throughout England. Her passion to see young people realize their true value and worth in God and discover the purpose He has for their life led her to develop the engage training program, taking teams of young people into schools and youth clubs, night clubs and onto the streets to share God’s love in a practical way. Before moving to America in 2008 she was working alongside juvenile offenders helping them move through addiction and anger management programs towards training and employment.
She is wildly passionate about social change and human rights and has recently completed a degree in politics and youth justice. She loves life, loves people and has a contagious love for God which she communicates in a real and honest way through her own struggles with fear, identity, and self worth. She is married to Paul and claims to have the world’s most beautiful children,Jordan and Eden! Paula is part of the leadership team of the Bridge Church in Denton, north Texas.
 Stories in Braille
Author Jim Fiebig once wrote: “There is a wonder in braille that the sighted will never know; to touch words and have them touch you back.” Words and music have the power to capture our thoughts, hold sway over our emotions, and paint our imaginations. Stories in Braille is a band that wants to play a part in this process for people. Through their words and music, the guys want to simply tell stories that everyone listening can feel in a real way, and ultimately, to create space for God to move. Please check them out at:
www.facebook.com/storiesinbraille
www.myspace.com/storiesinbraille
|
