A disciple needs to be willing, humble, and dedicated. St. Peter demonstrates all three elements in the story of Jesus’ calling of the first disciples.
In this space between Christmastide and the Baptism of our Lord, it is good to recall that God became man, and not for a moment, playing with human likeness and then giving it up for better things. This is a God who goes to the place of wielded swords and worse. And the child hums in the stable, "become like me."
As each calendar year begins again my mind is often drawn to a Radiohead song: “Fitter happier, more productive, comfortable, not drinking too much,...