The murder of the innocents is one example of political violence in the Bible. Mathews Gospel records the Holy Families' flight to Egypt to escape terror. Jesus' family wasn't safe so they took refuge in a foreign land. This part of the story doesn't fit into the marketable version of Christmas.
"Jesús también huyó" is Spanish for "Jesus also fled."I learned from my world-traveling-aunt that many scholars think that while Jesus was in Egypt he was educated at the great library of Alexandria hence his astounding knowledge of scripture referenced later in Luke. That is another cool part of the story and it shows how God uses all of our experiences to make us who we are. Jesus sees us and can relate. He came to proclaim goodwill to man.
Jesus' message of Love your neighbor is a radical world changing teaching. Lucy Calhoun and I created this art to illustrate the deep redeeming love of Christmas. Jesus sees the mess we are in with xenophobia and he is calling us to remember he too was an immigrant. The message is that our foreign neighbors many of whom are fleeing violence are welcome here in the Shell Neighborhood of Waughtown.
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