Stanley Hauerwas quote: Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often ...

Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve the habits necessary to learn the story of God.

~ Stanley Hauerwas ~

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