Most Christmas stories focus on angels, shepherds, or Mary’s courage - and rightly so. But there’s another figure who barely speaks in the Gospels, yet was entrusted with one of the most impossible jobs in history: being the earthly father to Jesus. His name is Joseph, a carpenter from Nazareth, and the little we know about him is remarkably relevant to men trying to live with integrity in a complicated world. The Bible gives us only a handful of scenes (Matthew 1–2 and a bri