Postcards: US church pageants go virtual amid a COVID-19 Christmas
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how, with kids and the internet involved, virtual pageants, are just as delightfully unpredictable as more traditional performances at churches…
US homeowner wins legal fight over nativity with 200,000 Christmas lights and a camel
RNS Jeremy and Kristy Morris believe telling the story of Christmas is a ministry. So they drape their home in Hayden, Idaho, with more than 200,000 lights and set up a live nativity – complete with a real camel – on their lawn. The Morris family decorates their home and property with more than 200,000 lights […]
In the US, a new Christmas pageant shows off the fierce side of Mary
RNS If you ask Rev Katy Fitz Shedlock, there is something wrong with the way Mary is portrayed in most church Christmas pageants. She’s boring. A traditional depiction of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in a pageant manger scene. ‘Deleted Scenes Christmas Pageant’ skips most traditional depictions of the holy family. PICTURE: Tech Sgt Jared […]