Who are the Disciples?
The Very Reverend Sam Candler The Cathedral of St. Philip Atlanta, Georgia 12 June 2005 Proper 6A in the Revised Common Lectionary of the Church Genesis 18.1-15 Matthew 9.35- 10.8 When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” –Matthew 9.36-37 So Jesus gathered his folks around himself, and he said, “You go out. You do it. You proclaim the good news. You cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers. You cast out demons. You received freely; so give freely, too.” And the names of those people around him. Who were they? Simon, and James, and Andrew, and Philip and Bartholomew.? Well, those were the names of the people last time around. But guess what? There is a new group now. This is s a new generation. Today, Jesus has lawyers and bankers around him, real estate agents and developers, social service workers, all paren
