Christmas Theologies and Billboards

Published: Dec. 15, 2009, 6:14 p.m.

b'On Advent 3 Glynn Cardy looks at three Christmas billboards and the theologies they represent.\\xa0 He of course favours the one outside St Matthew\'s:\\n"The Christmas billboard outside St Matthew-in-the-City lampoons literalism and invites people to think again about what a miracle is.\\xa0Is the miracle a male God sending forth his divine sperm, or is the miracle that God is and always has been among the poor?\\xa0The billboard has a sombre Joseph and a consoling Mary, with the caption \\u201cPoor Joseph.\\xa0God is a hard act to follow.\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\nFull text and video available at www.stmatthews.org.nz.'