My father was a better bricklayer than I am a theologian. I am still in too much of a hurry. But if the work I have done in theology is of any use, it is because of what I learned on the job, that is, you can lay only one brick at a time.
Stanley HauerwasNever think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.
Stanley HauerwasI confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.
Stanley HauerwasThe most creative social strategy we have to offer is the church. Here we show the world a manner of life the world can never achieve through social coercion or governmental action. We serve the world by showing it something that it is not, namely, a place where God is forming a family out of strangers.
Stanley Hauerwas