From:
Canon Michael Storey, Healey Wood Road, Brighouse. Yorks Post.
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this time of year it is interesting to see how Christmas is marked in the towns
of Calderdale.
This year there seem to have been more than the usual number of Nativity
Plays in schools. In contrast, in Sowerby Bridge, there has been a “Winterlight”
Festival, seemingly based on pagan traditions. In Halifax the birth of Mohammed
was marked by 6,000 people coming together with a banner, the width of a street,
proclaiming: “Birthday of the final Messenger of God ,
Muhammad.”
All this would make for something of a mystery to anyone coming here from
another planet. Is this the season to celebrate the Birth of Jesus, Son of God?
I do hope that all the Muslims in that procession do thank God that there is
freedom in this country to proclaim their message. Just imagine a Christian
banner being taken round the streets of any major city in the Middle East.
Sadly, the Christians would be quickly “removed”.
Thank God for Jesus who loves us all.
