GOD’S PEOPLE IN THE GHETTO
We have just celebrated another Christmas. Beyond the exchange of gifts, family get-togethers and eating lay the heart of Christmas, God speaking to humankind as “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” In our sentimental celebration of the Babe in the Manger, we often miss the point that Jesus was born in a period of great turmoil, dissension and division in Israel.