Why don't we hear more about Joseph, in stories of Jesus growing up years? Well, how many books are being published today about a good parent who disciplined his child to shaping up in the synagogue or church, and that child then writes about how that type of parenting made all the difference? Umm, hard to find that book, right? Publishers want books about disfunction, written by people who have messy lives and blame parents for being too strict, as in church attendance and manner. It seems that people full of pain want to write about it.
Jesus never wrote a book. Most people who are getting on in their lives of being loving, helpful, etc, don't bother to write books. Jesus knew where he belonged by the age of 12. Even his parents did not know what a good job they had done. When they could not find him they searched for three days, probably among relatives, fun places for children to hang out, morgues, but not in the temple. They probably went to the temple in desperate prayer. There was Jesus. They challenged him and he came home with them to be obedient. Being obedient to loving, but challenging parents in Nazareth, "How boring," would say the modern publishers. "It will never sell." They would go for miracles and a good crucifixion. Isn't the bible still a best seller?
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