“I truly believe that when the poor finally meet the rich, riches will have no more meaning, and that when the rich finally meet the poor, we will see poverty come to an end … True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that a system that produces beggars needs to be repaved … The real revolution begins inside each one of us, and through our little acts of courageous Love, it will take over the whole world.” ~ Shane Claiborne

“Call me by my true names … I am the beggar … I am the coin flinger … I am the one who hides my eyes from seeing those in need … My heart not yet capable of Seeing and Loving … I am, because we are. There is no space between Human Beings, and what we do to each other is essentially what we do to ourselves … To paraphrase Thich Nhat Hanh — “Please Call Me by My True Names”.  Because I have so many names, when I hear any one of the of these names, I have to say,’Yes.’” ~ Bert Schouten

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