Children’s nativity plays, up and down the land, are blessed with many roles, allowing for a good number of children to take part.
Sometimes there are too many children for parts, so we might include a donkey, a cow and an underage bartender.
As a child, I have a vivid memory of being given the role of an Eskimo. I never thought to ask whether an Eskimo actually appears in the Christmas story, but I had an inkling that teachers were anxious to include every pupil.
The Jewishness of the Gospels proves they're true
When speaking to Jewish and Gentile friends you might have heard the accusation that the Gospel accounts were written centuries …