Are these all the sons you have?
AMDG I, your other brother, a younger son, pleased to do good work in the field, and yet dreaming about the work in my father’s house. To you, my brothers and sisters, who are also hearing the call to sacrifice in the city of Bethlehem. Do you go? Who do you bring with you? 1 Samuel 16 The number 7 represents wholeness. Completeness. Perfection. David was Jesse’s eighth son. Extra. When the great prophet Samuel arrived in Bethlehem and Jesse and his sons were called to purify themselves and attend the sacrifice, David was left out. But David was chosen. Samuel would look upon the seven handsome sons of Jesse and ask, “are these all the sons you have?” Among the sons of my tribe, we have many faithful and one who is a bona fide priest. But we have others who are kept away by some of the church’s most stiff-necked teachings. And we have me. Among the sons of our country, we have many, many sons who are missing from the sacrifice. I think of outcast groups such as gay men (wh...