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“This tableau, often called Christ in the Rubble, first appeared last year in the town of Bethlehem outside the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, pastored by the prominent Palestinian minister and activist Munther Issac.”
Crib and Cross are intimately related
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rns.org RNS @rns.org · Dec 10
In some churches this year, the nativity crèche is looking a bit different. The manger has been replaced with a pile of rocks, and the baby Jesus is swaddled not with a thin blanket but with a black-and-white keffiyeh.
From DC to the Vatican, baby Jesus is wearing a keffiyeh
(RNS) — The pro-Palestinian creche is intended to point out the disconnect between the idealized Bethlehem of most representations and the reality in present-day Gaza and the West Bank.
religionnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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"and believe that every Herod will pass, every Caesar will fade, for Empires have an expiry date,"

'Christ is Still in the Rubble' Sermon by the Rev Dr Munther Issac in Bethlehem

redletterchristians.org/2024/12/20/c...
Christ is Still in the Rubble: A Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
It has been 440 days. 440 days of constant bombing. Nonstop. 440 days of starvation. On top of 17 years of siege and imprisonment. Tens of thousands killed. Injured. Forever disabled. Imprisoned.
redletterchristians.org
December 21, 2024 at 4:27 PM