A Short Little Piece on Christmas in Modern Israel

[_Daniel Peterson]

http://www.mormontimes.com/article/1890 ... riumphant#

With photos borrowed from Bill Hamblin.

[_Called2Serve]

I hope to go there someday. Thanks, Daniel!

[_Called2Serve]

Oh wow. I didn't know this was your article. That is so cool, congratulations!

[_Mortal Man]

http://www.mormontimes.com/article/18902/Christmas-in-the-Holy-Land-8212-somber-yet-triumphant#

With photos borrowed from Bill Hamblin.

Nice article Dan.

It appears from your opening sentence that you've come to agree with Ed Ashment.

I liked this tidbit.
""May Peace Prevail on Earth!" reads one bullet-riddled sign, in English."
I was hoping Bill would have a picture of it.

Perhaps the bullets and tanks are a fulfillment of Matthew 10:34,
"Think not that I am come to send apeace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."

In your next article you might point out that Jesus was born in Nazareth.

[_moksha]

Too bad Jerusalem has to be such a beleaguered city for Christians. If only the United States and Great Britain had set aside Florida as the Jewish Homeland after WWII, then the Christians would only need to be beleaguered in the annexed territory surrounding Mobile, Alabama and the offshore oil platforms.

[_Daniel Peterson]

I'm happy but quite surprised to see that my little piece has gone "national" in a minor sort of way:

http://www.realclearreligion.org/

See the second batch of articles, under "Friday."

I also got an unexpected inquiry about republication from a small newspaper in Michigan.

[_Ray A]

Glad to see you back on MDB, Dan.

Though we sometimes despair, in the end "the wrong shall fail, the right prevail, with peace on earth, good will to men."

Let's hope so. (Many of my Muslim friends don't have a very high opinion of Jews, those that hail from Lebanon anyway.)

[_Fence Sitter]

Welcome back!