A school in Bedfordshire has banned video cameras from
its nativity play, because it’s worried that the images may get into the hands
of paedophiles. [Full
story]
The three wise men have been banned from a church
nativity play because members insist they were not around at the birth of
Christ. In fact, members of the Porth Christian Centre at Elim Pentecostal
Church, in the Rhondda, south Wales, dispute several points in the traditional
interpretation of the birth of Christ. [Full
story]
As for the second story I remember reading in Frank Sheed’s
book To Know Christ Jesus that he stated the same thing. Because of
the passage in Luke 2: offer a sacrifice according to what
is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”,
which was the required offering for those who could not
afford a lamb they must not have already received gifts of gold, frankincense,
and myrrh.
If you haven’t read this book from Frank Sheed, run don’t walk to our
nearest bookstore. I think this is the best of the life of Christ style books.
