A little bible thumping.....

So what I am trying to do here in a nutshell  is hook you up with St.James because that is what the Camino is all about.  First of all to even be considered for sainthood a couple of things need to happen but I will get to that subject in a minute. So far very briefly I have explained how I personally feel that the earth was created and religion or the belief in a higher power first came about or kinda came about.  And I completely understand that there will be some who are reading this with a jaundiced eye and going......ooh I don't think so.  My only answer to this would be for them to get their own blog. 

So anyway you all know the Christmas story and that Christ was born to Mary.  There is not a lot of information as to Jesus between the ages of about eleven and until he started him ministry in his thirties except that he was a carpenter by trade ( I mean even Jesus new the beauty of employment)  this is where we pick up on St. James.  It seems he and his brother John ( not to be confused with John the Baptist) were helping their father with his nets.....his father Zebedee being a fisherman......you can fill in the gaps here by reading the book of Mathew in the Bible.  Now I am sure   there must have been some family discussion as to Jesus wanting James and John to follow him and be a " fisher of men" but then again Jesus was not a stranger. In fact ( or widely belived ) he was their first cousin.  But still even though one would think that the boys were needed at home they received their fathers blessing to go along with Jesus and preach Christianity.......to be continued.