stoning the pastor

Sometimes there are unexpected pleasures that come with my job. Here’s one from last Sunday…

After playing the part of David in the story of Samuel’s anointing of the young king, my young friend’s mother asked him how he felt about being in front of all of those people. My 8 year old friend’s response was, “It was good, but I thought I was going to get to stone somebody.” Apparently, when I asked him to play the part of David, he thought of the story of David and Goliath and expected to get to stone our pastor who is six feet ten inches tall.