John Kuzma's Podcast

"My Javelin" is about writer’s block. I use the biblical David and Goliath story, 1 Samuel 17, as a metaphor for my own confrontation with this common problem. David only had one shot. His weapon was an ancient sling which, in his capable hands, could hurl a smooth tennis ball-sized stone with an impact velocity of about 250 pounds per square inch. The stone did not kill Goliath but stunned him and became embedded in his forehead between his eyes. David then cut off Goliath's head with the giant's own sword.  In other words, we all symbolically possess some version of David's weapon in solving problems. We can solve any problem no matter how over-matched we may seem.