The Narrative Lectionary presents one good chance during the year to speak about David. Where do you go? I focused here on both 1 Samuel 16 where David is picked out by Samuel and here where it is the end of the Civil War. No Civil War is particularly Civil but there is a lot going on here. My big idea was to focus a little on how all of us are invited to move God to the center of our lives and accept God's anointment. And frankly, set aside the civil wars of the past.