01 September 2006

A conspiracy of cordiality

Ouch. But an ouch we need to experience.
They have come to church for "strokes," to have their personal needs met. What we call church is often a conspiracy of cordiality. Pastors learn to pacify rather than preach to their Ananiases and Sapphiras. We say we do it out of "love."

It was written by Stanley Hauerwas.
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