"Intimacy, community, ministry"

John Frye looks at Mark 3:14 and identifies a key dynamic in Jesus' selection of the twelve:

Ponder what Mark puts first as the purpose of Jesus' selection. Jesus wanted the Twelve to be with him. "Be---with---him." What a thought. Jesus, according to Mark, did not choose only "doers" who would preach the available kingdom and cast out demons and heal the sick. Jesus chose "be-ers" who would hang out with him. Not serve together first, but live together first.

That's a keeper.