“Unity, after all, is what God has given us through Christ’s death and resurrection. For in that death and resurrection we have been made part of God’s salvation for the world so that the world may know it has been freed from the powers that would compel us to kill one another in the name of false loyalties.” — Stanley Hauerwas, from his Reformation Sunday sermon. Lots of details to quibble with, and lots of sly, provocative statements that will harry careless readers, but I’ve long wanted to hear someone say this to Protestants on our high holy day. October 30, 2012