The Christmas story
Bernard Coote offers a seasonal reflection
In one of many accounts of Jesus’ birth there is a suggestion that he and his family were refugees in Egypt. Whether or not historically accurate, they did live in a land as troubled as it is now: occupying armies, displaced people, unrest, intrigues and terror. The weapons were different from those of today but life was hazardous.
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