{"id":59298,"date":"2019-12-09T08:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=59298"},"modified":"2019-12-09T08:32:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:32:34","slug":"churchs-nativity-scene-depicts-jesus-mary-and-joseph-as-a-family-separated-at-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/churchs-nativity-scene-depicts-jesus-mary-and-joseph-as-a-family-separated-at-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Church&#8217;s Nativity Scene Depicts Jesus, Mary, And Joseph As A Family Separated At The Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59299 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/church-nativity-scene-cages.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/church-nativity-scene-cages.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/church-nativity-scene-cages-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/church-nativity-scene-cages-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/church-nativity-scene-cages-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/church-nativity-scene-cages-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Claremont United Methodist Church modified its Christmas nativity scene into a powerful statement about family separation by caging their figures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and releasing a theological statement on the United States&#8217; treatment of refugees.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook post by Senior Minister Karen Clark Ristine includes a picture of the nativity and the aforementioned statement, which encourages onlookers to &#8220;consider the most well-known refugee family in the world.&#8221; The statement continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary were forced to flee with their young son from Nazareth to Egypt to escape King Herod, a tyrant. They feared persecution and death.<br \/>\nWhat if this family sought refuge in our country today?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clark Ristine also wrote that the church building contains a second set of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph figures depicting the family&#8217;s reunion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v5.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/karen.clark.ristine\/posts\/10162927708070314\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/karen.clark.ristine\/posts\/10162927708070314\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Stirred to tears by the Claremont UMC nativity. Inside the church, the Holy Family is reunited. The theological&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"#\" role=\"button\">Karen Clark Ristine<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/karen.clark.ristine\/posts\/10162927708070314\">Saturday, December 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The minister&#8217;s Facebook post has gone moderately viral, with thousands of comments praising or excoriating the church&#8217;s choice to use their nativity to reflect on the current situation at the U.S. border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claremont United Methodist Church modified its Christmas nativity scene into a powerful statement about family separation by caging their figures of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and releasing a theological statement on the United States&#8217; treatment of refugees. A Facebook post by Senior Minister Karen Clark Ristine includes a picture of the nativity and the aforementioned statement, which encourages onlookers to &#8220;consider the most well-known refugee family in the world.&#8221; The statement continues: Shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary were forced to flee with their young son from Nazareth to Egypt to escape King Herod, a tyrant. 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