Joshua

Well, there you go.

All right. Thanks a lot for the ride.

Okay.

It was good talkin' to ya.

Nice talkin' to you too. Okay. Take care.

I'll bet none of us knew when we woke up on what we all thought...

Was just another spring day, that a stranger had come to our town.

Who was he? Where did he come from?

Why did he come here? We may never quite know the answers,

but we do know he changed our lives.

Come on. What? Are you chicken, man?

Hello.

- Get out! Get... get out of here. - Ohh.

What... what's wrong with you?

I don't... Want no... trouble, Mr...

- Joshua. - Nice to meet you... Joshua.

Big-big storm. Real... big storm last year.

Must've been.

I was... baptized here... As a child.

You were? Huh.

Ramona, how are you today? Haven't seen you for a while. Fine.

I don't care what you call it! You ain't gonna play that kind of music in my house!

Music? What do you know about it? I mean, you don't even listen to it.

You don't even listen to me!

I know the whole town thinks you're a slacker!

You just don't understand, do you? Get back here, Kevin!

Look, it's my music, all right? Just stay out of... ho.

I don't need this, dad! You hear me? I don't need this!

Good morning.

It's perfect. It is?

Yep. I can work and sleep in the same place.

My husband used to use this as his workplace, but I never thought...

We'd rent it out to anyone to live.

It's fantastic. I'll take it. You haven't rented it, have you?

You got here just in time, sweetie.

What is it you said you did again?

I'm a wood carver, but I do all sorts of things... odd jobs, handiwork.

I like gettin' my hands dirty.

We've got plenty of things to do around here, keep you real busy.

Here. I made something for you.

You made this? For you.

It's so beautiful.

It's a pretty view, isn't it?

It's perfect.

We all knew he was... different,

and we knew he was somehow... special,

but none of us knew the trouble we were in

and just how much we would end up needing him.

But none of us knew the trouble we were in

and just how much we would end up needing him.

He's tearin' down the church! He's tearin' it down!

What? Michael Reed, what are you talking about? He's tearin' down the church!

- Can I help you? - Actually, yeah.

You didn't really mean, "can I help you?" Did you?

Got that right.

- You meant, what the heck am I doing here? - You're right.

What are you doing tearing down our church?

Well, sometimes we just gotta tear something down to build it back up again.

I can... see that. Theo, get back over here.

No. No?

He's right. Sometimes you must tear it down...

To... build it back up.

Well, all right, then.

How could I be late again?

Good morning. Today, our new testament reading...

Is from the book of acts, chapter ten.

And in this passage,

Peter is up on a roof in joppa, and...

Well, Peter was a fisherman.

- Nice to see you. - Thank you.

Thank you, Father. Thank you and god bless you.

I don't remember fishing boots as proper attire for a sermon, Father Pat.

Thank you. Thank you.

Maggie!

Hey, Pat.

I haven't seen you in church in ages, and

now you're gonna sneak off without saying hi?

Actually, it's good-bye. You got the job.

Mm-hmm. Now, when do you actually leave?

In about a week or so. I still have so much I have to go through at the house.

A few memories, huh?

Excuse me.

Hello? Deb. Listen, could you hold on just for a second?

Okay. I'm sorry.

Um, thank you, Father Pat. It was great seeing you.

You too, Maggie. Hey, if you're in town next week, come by the pancake breakfast.

Oh, no, Maggie. I'm not cooking this year.

I'll try.

Okay. Good-bye. Good-bye.

No, he's nice. It's just... I'm not ready, you know?

No, I'm not. I need to get out of here.

However, you never know...

What might make me wanna stick around.

Look, Joan, don't you worry. Everything's gonna be fine.

I could find out everything that can be found out about him.

The U.S. post office doesn't miss a thing. Except deliveries.

Who are you guys talking about? Joshua, the guy renting our barn.

He gave me this pretty heart. Ohh.

Thanks. Oh, there... there's the guy I was talking about.

Hey, look at that. Hey, Leo, what is that?

That must weigh a ton. What the hell?

Look at that!

How much does that thing weigh? I don't know. About, what, 500 pounds maybe?

Five'll get you ten, he don't get to the end of main street. You're on.

Leo, this is gonna be the easiest money I ever made. I don't think so.

Hey, buck, what's goin' on? You're gonna break your back. Why don't you use a truck?

I don't drive. Want some water?

No, thanks. I'm fine. If you want some, ray, you go right ahead.

How does he know your name? Probably heard you yappin'.

Wow, look at him go.

Hey, maybe you should put that down. The footing's not too good around here.

I'll be all right.

Come on, stranger.

Thanks for walking me home, everybody. Nice of ya.

What? Now we gotta walk all the way back? Like I told ya, I don't drive.

Thanks. See ya later.

I told ya he was gonna make it. Shut up.

You shut up. I'll make you carry me back.

Hello, Joan. Did it come in?

I kept it right back here for you, Father Pat.

Hey.

Leo, ray. Hey, Father Pat.

Ahh. Sonar fisherman. Thanks. Lookin' good.

Where'd you get that?

You know that fellow that was carrying the log? He made this?

He does all sorts of things.

Really? There's an artist living in auburn? Wow.

Hey, Charlie, you ever find anything out about his mail?

That's just it. He doesn't get any mail.

It's not natural to not get any mail. No junk mail?

Nothing at all? He did get one thing. Columbia house music offer.

Aw, man! Did he take it?

Thank you.

Sorry. Emergency. Thanks a lot. Certainly.

In the name of the Father, the son and the holy spirit, amen.

Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been two hours since my last confession.

And what sin could you possibly have committed in the last two hours?

I guess my sin is I don't have a sin. I just need to talk to you right away.

You cannot interrupt members of the congregation with your own personal needs.

Now, what is so important that you're using the confessional in this manner?

I found him, sir. Found who?

An artist has moved into town.

Joan Casey has all his stuff at her store. It's all good. Is it all by hand?

Yeah. This is the lord's work. An artist living in town.

Maybe he can have it done by Christmas. Ah.

Hello? Oh, are you the artist?

I'm Joshua. I'm Father Tardone. This is Father Pat.

Hello, Father Pat. Hi, Joshua. Nice to meet you.

I have a commission for you. Hmm. Come on in.

You live here? I do.

What do you do when it rains? Well, it hasn't rained.

I would like you to make a figure of the apostle Peter.

Now, Peter was not only the chosen leader of the apostles,

he was established by Jesus as the foundation of the church.

- I know Peter. - Good.

Now... now, I'm looking for something... oh, how shall I say...

Expressive of you.

- Expressive of my faith. - Uh, excuse me, Joshua,

there's a hole over your bed.

- Father Pat. - Oh, sorry.

Now, for material,

I was thinking that we might use...

- Ash. - Ash. Yes. Ash.

- That's what I was thinking. - Yeah.

All right. Thanks, Joshua. I'm sure it's gonna be great. You guys take care.

He seems like a nice guy. Yeah, maybe.

He's an artist. They can be temperamental. Yeah.

When I... When I was in Rome last summer,

I had an audience with cardinal Riccardo.

Uh-oh. He told this interesting story about Michelangelo.

It seems that when he was given his commission, he hit the stone,

and sure enough, the wrong statue came out of the stone. My goodness.

He began with the simple act of working on something that needed doing.

It looked like something we all needed, but, boy, did it cause a lot of trouble.

I saw Joshua rebuilding the baptist church this morning.

Rebuilding the baptist church? I thought he was an artist.

Looked more like a lumberjack today.

Well, I hope he allows time to finish our statue.

Theo was out there with him.

Theo? How many others were there?

It was just Theo. Hmm.

Interesting man, this Joshua. He can't expect to do all that work by himself.

He'll need other people to help him.

Oh, I think he'll find them. People really seem to like him.

Really? Is there anything about this Joshua that strikes you...

As peculiar?

I have a brother who's peculiar. Joshua isn't anything like him.

- Still, he's different. - He's very different.

You stuck? No, it's just a fuse thing. It happens all the time.

I think I got it. Uh-huh.

Well, it's the stranger. The stranger?

Anyone who's lived here less than 15 years is a stranger.

Ah. So that makes you...

An expatriate. I'm moving.

Oh. Said the stranger I'm Joshua.

Maggie. How you doing?

You just passing through, Joshua? Yeah, eventually.

Yeah, it's a little slow here. I don't know.

You never know what might make you wanna stick around.

It was good to meet you.