with his craftwork. The class had been learning about Pentecost and had cut out and colored four-inch cardboard flames to symbolize the coming and empowering of the Spirit. For once I was thrilled to see that Joel had decided to do his own thing. He had stapled together two straws to make a cross and had then attached the cardboard flames to the top of the cross. Joel told me he had wanted to be creative; in fact he was reflecting something deeply profound and theologically vital. The place of the skull