Why Boys Really like Acolyting

Jack, my eleven-year old, started acolyting a few months ago.

I stayed back with him the first time he was to go forward. While we were waiting, he looked at me and said that he was excited to be acolyting.

I figured that he was excited to be participating more overtly in the worship service, or that he got to wear a robe, or that he sits next to the pastor during the service, etc.

But no. The cause of his excitement?

"I get to carry fire!"