Claremont United Methodist Church transformed its Christmas nativity scene into a powerful statement about family separation by caging their figures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and releasing a ...

What is the story of Christmas? Jesus was born to a woman called Mary who was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter in the town of Nazareth in Galilee. Mary was visited by an angel who told her that ...

The Appalachian Christmas carol “Jesus ... alludes to the disquieting conditions of the Holy Nativity—Mary’s and Joseph’s late arrival in Bethlehem, with an uncertain fate and (as the ...

Jesus was not born on a 'silent night' The Christmas story paints Bethlehem ... classic line of 'there's no room in the inn' to Mary and Joseph. However, this character does not appear in the ...

Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe to be the Son of God. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was full with people returning ...

The tax initiative reaches from Syria down to Judea and from the rulers, like Caesar and Quirinius, to the ruled, like Joseph and Mary. No one is spared. Luke doesn’t provide an exact history so much ...