14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to...

When we read the calling of Peter, Andrew, James and John (read Mark 1:14-18), we are left with the impression that Jesus has never met them before. We imagine Jesus’ approach to be this mysterious process where after Jesus looks up to the sky, praying, he then turns...

In the longest recorded prayer Jesus prayed just before his arrest, trial, torture and execution, Jesus spends two thirds of it praying for his disciples and future disciples. One thing he prayed for was for our unity, ‘that all of them may be one, Father, just as you...