"Lord, Who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two Thou hast
chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas
turned aside, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them, and the lot
fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles." (Acts 1:12-26
RSV)
In our modern day version of this, you all know who plays the part of Judas. The part of Matthias will be played by a Mr. John Heddon, who tonight committed to go on the trip with us.
A little background on Heddon:
John grew up in La Mirada and went to Biola to play baseball with Rojas and Brian and me. There is a plethora of stories I could tell about our college career, but you’ll hear enough on the trip. We took a spring break road trip to Kettleman City one year, fought in bench-clearing brawls together, fought each other in the back of baseball vans and on waterlogged baseball fields, and once tried to hunt down a run-away felon with a loaded revolver under the seat in my car. He wasn’t with me when I was arrested for discharging a missile from a moving vehicle, but if I’d known him in high school, I’m sure he would have been there that day.
He has a penchant for separating his right shoulder and he likes long walks on the beach at sunset.
He’ll fit right in and we’ll all have a great time.
Dave
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