Five Smooth Stones

In his Pentecost 11 sermon Glynn Cardy looks at the five smooth stones David took with him to slay Goliath. He names them as wisdom, courage, imagination, gratitude and compassion. "There is little actual, factual history in the account of David and Goliath. David and his band of terrorists after many years of sniping from the wilderness eventually overthrew the king of Israel, Saul, and installed David as the new monarch. They then set about justifying this seizure of power by rewriting both religious and secular history. Those histories found in our Bible tell us that David was attractive to women, men, and religious alike. He was strong, brave, musical, artistic, and, of course, chosen by God. They are 10th century BCE spin doctoring." Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=322&id=749