The choosing

After Luke 6:12-16 

Before he chooses,

before he names,

before he selects

the ones he calls

apostles, he prays,

out on the mountain,

and prays all night.

And when the day

dawns, he calls

the disciples together,

and he names them,

the twelve, the choices

unexpected: fishermen,

tax collector, zealot,

even a traitor. This is

the structure, the men

the leaders who will

carry the work forward.

 

Photograph by Imkara Visual via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Tolkien on Joy and Sorrow – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Mobs and Friends: Encouraging a Culture of Reading in Our Churches – Jake Meador at Mere Orthodoxy.

 

7 Ways to Be a Friend According to the Bible – Campbell Markham at Beautiful Christian Life.

 

What’s Happening in Your Heart? – Pierce Taylor Hibbs at Desiring God.

 

“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho,” song by Mahalia Jackson – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.