tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525879759529247660.post7765099896872834499..comments2008-12-30T01:51:19.950-08:00Comments on ikon advent: The First Christmas- A Second Lookrothkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15058968186345576287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525879759529247660.post-42747856021771677732008-12-30T01:51:00.000-08:002008-12-30T01:51:00.000-08:00I watched "Nativity Decoded" on Channel 4 it went ...I watched "Nativity Decoded" on Channel 4 it went out Christmas Night (I watched it on Channel 4 On Demand - a great service)<BR/><BR/>"Robert Beckford explores the historical evidence and analyses the elements of the story to discover that the birth of Jesus took place against a harsh political backdrop."<BR/><BR/>It explores and debates themes around this issue - I thought it was really helpful and very much in accord with your take on it.Markiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468321735886676136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525879759529247660.post-67900553812897719932008-12-22T04:25:00.000-08:002008-12-22T04:25:00.000-08:00So what would a more accurate nativity set look li...So what would a more accurate nativity set look like? Ha!Luanne Brown Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275232327637215734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525879759529247660.post-9822325421285840622008-12-21T20:54:00.000-08:002008-12-21T20:54:00.000-08:00Thanks for sharing - you echoed some of what I lea...Thanks for sharing - you echoed some of what I learned upon my first trip to Bethlehem and why I am anxious to return to the Middle East in Summer 2009 - the more we shed our western skin and enter into the life of the other, the more I believe we start to see the face of Christ. I am not the same person I was after I went there and Lord knows what will happen when I got back for a more indepth encounter. BeckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525879759529247660.post-34402705682154605532008-12-21T13:20:00.000-08:002008-12-21T13:20:00.000-08:00i've always wondered about having all those people...i've always wondered about having all those people moving about... surely if you're taxing people you'd want them to stay still. there's a stab at an explanation here:<BR/>http://theflamingheretic.wordpress.com/rocinantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081522366250504802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3525879759529247660.post-41706674010303638832008-12-21T12:59:00.000-08:002008-12-21T12:59:00.000-08:00A great perspective to help us rethink our cultura...A great perspective to help us rethink our culturally prejudicial understandings of a story that we hold as so central to Christianity. With such a potentially gross misreading of the story - what else could we have skewed way off....nomadicnoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02862394834432420069noreply@blogger.com