“expertise.” But “means,” the way we do something, must be authentic, true, appropriate to our prayers and proclamations. The Quaker Isaac Pennington used to exclaim, “There is that near you which will guide you; O! wait for it, and be sure ye keep to it.” 17:42–54 The confrontation, for which the storyteller has so carefully prepared us, now takes place: Goliath and David face each other in the Valley of Elah. The brutal giant is disdainful of David. He belches Philistine curses across the valley.