Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Rethinking Christmas Story

 You may need to rethink the Christmas story if:

You think baby Jesus was placed into a wooden feeding trough filled with hay.

A first century manger was used to water animals and was usually made of stone.

This means the source of Living Water was placed in a water trough.

You may need to rethink the Christmas story if:

You just assume the shepherds at the nativity were middle aged men. 

Culturally the shepherds were most likely middle school aged girls.

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