The readings at this time of year cover Jesus' miracles and teaching. This is where we meet the Jesus of the every day, the Jesus of farmers and fisherman, who told stories of lost sheep, a man beaten up by the roadside, a ponsy landowner, fishers of men, treasure buried in a field, seed sown by the wayside, or, as in today's gospel, where he faces the problem of any local boy made good. As Jesus tells how he has come from Heaven to bring life to the world, he is challenged by his neighbours, who simply remember that he is the son of the local couple, Mary and Joseph! Our God is a God of the people, not in far off Jerusalem, but walking every day through the fields, and along the shores, of Galilee.