Jesus was a refugee
Joan E Taylor writes about Jesus as a refugee child and considers the influence on his life and teaching of this experience
The unstoppable force of refugees fleeing to Europe has, in various places, hit the immovable object of an attitude that there is no room at the inn. Spaces are filled. Migrants should be kept out, in order to preserve jobs, health and welfare services. In an environment of austerity, where economic cuts have hit people hard, this cold-heartedness in part derives from a deep sense of insecurity.
At this time it is worth remembering that Jesus of Nazareth is, in the Bible, presented exactly as one who would be rejected by such European countries: a refugee child.
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