Not all siblings get along. Many of us remember the Andrews Sisters, LaVerne, Maxene and Patty. Back in the turbulent 1930’s and 40’s, when the world was imploding with a 2nd world war within a quarter century, the Andrews Sisters brought some much-needed entertainment through music and film. 
They reached stardom with such hits as “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”, “Beer Barrel Polka,” and probably their most familiar song, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”
But out of the public eye, things weren’t so nice. The youngest sister, Patty, once confessed, “We were at each other’s throats all the time.” She didn’t help the situation when she sued her oldest sister, LaVerne, for more of their parents’ estate.
However, there may be no more notorious a sibling rivalry than between the very first set of brothers, although the jealousy was purely one-sided. Cain hated his brother Abel, and so much so, that he murdered him in cold blood. Any jury would have found him guilty of murder in the 1st degree – fully premeditated.
Why not visit our church this Sunday when we ask and answer the pertinent question that Cain shot back angrily and defensively at God, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
