Brothers

A little further (1:19) 

We have become regular watchers of an Italian crime series called Inspector Montalbano. In translation it is rather tame, but I am told that we are lucky not to speak Italian for it is peppered with some fairly fruity language. It is not so much the story-lines I find fascinating but the rich insight into everything Italian, especially the hand-gestures, the wheel-spins, the battered cars and houses, and the endless plates of spaghetti with practically anything. The lead actor is called Luca Zingaretti. His brother, Nicola, is a successful Italian politician. Not unusually, the brothers share enough genes and background to boast both to prominence.

All three of Jesus' inner circle came from one small stretch of beach, from one profession, fishing, and two were even brothers. In setting out to build the church, God-made-man started with a very limited palette. He must have seen something extraordinary in these simple men. Can we? And not just in these men as we read their story, but in all those whom we meet each day. Out of these is God's church built.