Out Our Way: The Gospel According to Goliath: Tangerine-sized brains

Mark 6:45-52

Out our way, even non-church folk have heard about Goliath. From time to time I hear from folks who have no time for Church or preachers, but have begun to look forward to Friday's religion page to see what theological insights old Doc is offering this week.

It seems one of the most common themes that keeps coming up is the theology of the dreaded culvert. For all his horse sense, Goliath just can't wrap his orange-sized brain around the idea that the black plastic culvert on the nature trail in Beaver Creek really can't hurt him. No matter how many times I make him cross it,...