“I am tempted to despair…. must be time for some Hauerwas.” – from @Tim_Suttle

via ISIS, Syria, Israel, 9/11, Ray Rice, Pistorius, Ferguson: Stanley Hauerwas & the Freedom to Hope

“To hope in the midst of despair is an act of profound freedom. Hope is performed in defiance of the powers of the world who want us to hate each other because it’s good for business (if your business is war).”

Yes, indeed,  Hauerwas often serves me as one who calls us back to attention to the hope we are to embody.