The Worst Part of the Story

The "massacre of the innocents" is a part of the Christmas story in Matthew's gospel that we tend to avoid. Yet it's still there in the text and the lectionary assigned this reading for us to use today. How do we deal with this part of the story? What are the implications about it? Rev Derwyn explores three ways we might approach this part of the Christmas story and invites you to consider how you would handle it...