Do you ever find yourself repeating the same requests over and over and wonder, “Is anyone really listening?” I take some consolation in remembering that Jesus, too, had unanswered prayers. According to Luke, Jesus spent an entire night in prayer before choosing the twelve disciples.  Yet if you read the Gospels, you marvel that this dodgy dozen could be the answer to any prayer.  They included the traitor Judas Iscariot, the overly ambitious Sons of Thunder, and the hothead Simon ...