Christians are using the social-media site Twitter to re-tell the Christmas story in novel ways this year.
In Germany, a Twitter-user called Joseph von Nazareth is journalling the nativity story from the perspective of Joseph. Describing himself as a “35-year-old third-generation carpenter from Nazareth”, he regularly updates the site with short descriptions from the Christmas story.
Read it all and check out the winning tweets in the Bishop of Bradford's competition.
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Posted December 16, 2011 at 8:00 am
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