Our hope in life beyond death is a hope made possible, not by some general sentimental belief in life after death, but by our participation in the life of Christ.
Stanley HauerwasFor Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God has not abandoned this world.
Stanley HauerwasThe narratives of Scripture were not meant to describe our world ... but to change the world, including the one in which we now live.
Stanley Hauerwas