“Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee,” Mark 1:9 explains, “and was baptized by John in the Jordan.” The Gospel of John, written later, draws only a tenuous link between Jesus and Bethlehem.

Instead of being born in a manger, Jesus might have been born at home. Rather than wise men and shepherds bringing gifts, however, the baby’s parents might have been forced to ward off visits ...

Remember, Jesus was born in a manger. We have not been magnanimous in victory, and we can all see where our unbridled violence against nature has landed us – climate change, resulting in extreme ...

Jesus is born in a manger because all the travelers overcrowded the guest rooms. After the birth, Joseph and Mary are visited not by wise men but shepherds , who were also overjoyed at Jesus’ birth.

“Dressing baby Jesus in a keffiyeh is not only a cynical exploitation of the manger scene for political and propagandistic purposes, but it is also an absurd rewriting of history,” Dr. André ...

OPINION: The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one.. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife ...

“Dressing baby Jesus in a keffiyeh is not only a cynical exploitation of the manger scene for political and propagandistic purposes, but it is also an absurd rewriting of history,” Dr. André ...

Had Jesus been born in the era of the America police state, rather than traveling to Bethlehem for a census, Jesus’ parents would have been mailed a 28-page American Community Survey, a ...

God was born in a manger so that you could be reborn in the very place where you thought you had hit rock bottom. There is no evil, there is no sin, from which Jesus does not want to save you.” ...

It seems that they ended up taking refuge in a stable, because according to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus was born in a manger (2:7). Mary "brought forth her firstborn son, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than two millennia after the Holy Family was denied a room at the inn and Jesus was born in a manger, war once again renders his birthplace in the Holy Land inhospitable ...

The manger represents not only the humility of Jesus but also his humiliation. The manger in which he was laid is as much a symbol of rejection as is the cross on which he died.