References: 1+Samuel 1

It’s an old story, but a good one, and a true one. A man has two wives. (It didn’t work out any better in the ancient world than it does in the 21st Century.) His two wives are fighting (of course) and it’s all over having babies. One of his wives has a ton of them, and the other has none. Throw in a priest who is so out of touch that he mistakes fervent prayer for inebriated nonsense and some soaring poetry, and you have all the makings of a block buster. On this Mother’s Day, let’s take a look at Hannah, the childless wife who became the mother of Samuel, the prophet. Here is one mother who knew what it meant to teach her son to fly without hanging on to his mother’s apron strings.