Senior Minister of Claremont United Methodist Church, Karen Clark Ristine ( per her FaceBook profile ), says she was stirred to tears by the nativity scene that her church put up. She wrote on Facebook Dec. 7, "The theological statement posted with the nativity: In a time in our country when refugee families seek asylum at our borders and are unwillingly separated from one another, we consider the most well-known refugee family in the world. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy Family. 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." She goes on to ask the reader what would happen if the same were to seek refuge in modern-day America? (Answer: probably would be in a waiting room, waiting for slow bureaucracy to sort itself out.) Actual answer: we don't know. If they used the right channels, they would be allowed into the US....
"By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers." - 1 John 3:16