The Liverpool Times

A nice story, for nice people.

A wealthy Liverpool man and his only son loved to collect rare antiques, in particular paintings and old prints. They had built up a collection considered priceless and were known far and wide for their love of art. They would often sit and admire the art together, and had spent many happy hours in auction houses and antique shows bidding on this piece or that.

One day, the son passed by the Liverpool waterfront and saw a crowd gathered in state of panic. A young man had fallen into water, but the waves were crashing up so high that no-one had the courage to dive in. The son, being young and a fairly practised swimmer, decided to try to rescue the unfortunate man. He was swept underneath and drowned, but not before saving the young man who had apparently fallen into the water in some accident or other.

The father was notified by the police and identified his son lying in the morgue. As you might imagine, he grieved deeply for his only son.

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Nativity 2006

2000 years or so after the birth of Christ, the town were the birth took place is pretty much an ‘open prison’, with a giant wall surrounding the territories of Israel. It is a truly a miracle that the Jewish, Christian or Muslims who live there still have faith and that people might still love their neighbours, despite the suspicion and division that has taken root there.

As the time of year is upon us, we veer away from the usual news and offer a little tale which recreates what might have happened if Jesus had been born today. A modern day nativity play, with a twist.

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There is the important role of continuing expectations of a passage of time amid the surrounding sounds of Hymns, Songs, Prayers, Carols sung in Nativity Plays of a thousand tears for a thousand three to four year olds.

The Twenty First Century crashed in on us and deliberately set itself to confuse us with its demand for the co existence of a multiplicity of lifestyles. We do not want to be forced into a continuous development of another dominant Faith Style, thank you very much for the offer but not at the moment thank you anyway.

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“Allelulia = praise the Lord” in Arameic, from which Arabic descends. How many times have we said “Allelulia” or “Praise the Lord”, without realising that the root word gives Allah, the Muslim name of God ?

Three world religions; Judaism (4000BC), Christianity (33AD) and Islam (700AD) all trace their roots to Abraham and the laws of Moses. Theologically they share many beliefs and rituals. Yet they appear to be engaged in a world struggle for supremacy. Whilst the Middle East seems the most obvious cockpit for that struggle, with Jews fighting Muslims in Israel/Palestine. Christians are seen to be fighting Muslims in Iraq but also much closer to home in Europe.

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