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.
love without an agenda: A conspiracy of cordiality:
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