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Stanley Hauerwas on Communal Wisdom - Anabaptist (James 1:5)

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"Wisdom comes through community. We ask individually but discern together. The brother, the sister, the gathered church—wisdom emerges through the body's counsel. God gives wisdom through one another. Ask within community; receive through community." — Stanley Hauerwas. Anabaptist: wisdom through community.

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