“That’s the baby’s name.” “You want this for the baby’s name?” “I want that for the baby’s name. Say it.” “You can’t name the baby this.” “Say it.” “It’s a man’s name.” “Say it.” “Pilate.” “What?” “Pilate. You wrote down Pilate.” “Like a riverboat pilot?” “No. Not like no riverboat pilot. Like a Christ-killing Pilate. You can’t get much worse than that for a name. And a baby girl at that.” “That’s where my finger went down at.” “Well, your brain ain’t got to follow it. You don’t want to give this motherless child the name of the man that killed Jesus, do you?” “I asked Jesus to save me my
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