Hannah\u2019s Child: A Theologian\u2019s Memoir<\/a><\/em><\/strong>) somewhere, Hauerwas says he \u201cdoesn\u2019t believe in California.\u201d Only someone from Texas and who lives in North Carolina could utter such a claim.<\/p>\nBut anyone who lives in Chicago, as I do, during the winter, which we now have upon us, and who flies during that winter to San Diego, quickly becomes a believer.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m a believer. In California. Especially San Diego.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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