After all every carol service is simply the retelling of a story. It tries to recapture a moment in distant history, a moment that certainly has changed our past and a moment that might just have an effect on our future. It is this "never ending story" – the NATIVITY - which we need to keep in mind well beyond the January sales.
A couple of years ago amidst the Christmas movie blockbusters at the cinema like the Lord of The Rings, King Kong and Harry Potter a small humble film was released called THE NATIVITY STORY. Here is what the advertisers said about the film:
“From humble beginnings, great things can come. The Nativity Story tells the extraordinary tale of two common people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, a difficult journey, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. The Nativity Story is the very human, very dramatic, and uniquely inspiring journey of faith”
There were no special effects, flashy images, catchy slogans or superstar celebrities in this film. Yet sometimes it is the simplest of stories that have the most impact. Maybe we need to take a fresh look at this simple story that may just be relevant to us all year round.
The story line is a classic that grabs our attention. It’s about Ordinary People who go an extraordinary Journey. It’s about Rumours of hope and the chance of a brighter future. In any good film or play it is the characters we can most identify with that help us connect with the bigger picture. I wonder if you or I could really relate to any of the players in the nativity story? In my next post we will see if any of them can become more than just plastic figures in a scene full of hay and donkeys.
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