To say Jesus “hates poverty” is one thing — but to suggest He “hates people who are poor”? That’s a slippery slope into spiritual elitism. It’s also a sharp contradiction of the very foundation of ...

Thus, when the magi see and begin to follow the star, Jesus no longer is using the manger for His bed. As the star led the magi to the place where the King of the Jews resided, they entered the HOUSE ...

“Away in the manger/ no crib for a bed/ the little Lord Jesus/ laid down his sweet head.” I think of it as a carol that a child would sing to the baby Jesus while contemplating with all ...

Set I: Isaiah 9.2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2.11-14; Luke 2.1014 (15-20) HOW do we know what we know about the virginal conception of Jesus? Or his identity as Son of God, his birth in Bethlehem, his ...

Local women acting as midwives to ensure Mary and Jesus’ health post-birth. Animals of the barn snuggling up to the family to comfort baby Jesus as he cried. A local helping the family travel out of ...

Every year we set up a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There are Mary and Joseph, a shepherd and a few sheep, three wise men and at least one camel, and the baby Jesus. For years ...

Baby Jesus in the manger. Around him, shepherds, animals, angels and three wise men: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Two of them are white, one of them Black. Above them, the Star of Bethlehem gleams.

The manger has been replaced with a pile of rocks, and the baby Jesus is swaddled not with a thin blanket but with a black-and-white keffiyeh, the Middle Eastern-style scarf that has become a symbol ...

The manger has been replaced with a pile of rocks, and the baby Jesus is swaddled not with a thin blanket but with a black-and-white keffiyeh, the Middle Eastern-style scarf that has become a ...