Stanley Hauerwas quote — “My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that…”

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My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, she would give that son to God. That was a perfectly appropriate thing for her to do, but as I observe, she did not have to tell me she had made such a promise. In particular, she did not have to tell me when I was six.

Stanley Hauerwas

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