The Christmas story

Bernard Coote offers a seasonal reflection

by Bernard Coote 23rd December 2016

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.