Nativity play, St Mary’s Church, Brighton:
“This has been the best part of Christmas meditation journey for me – leaving a deep and lasting impression…It was transfixing, as actors were so professional, I was greatly impressed by the actor who portrayed Herod, he was not just playing the part, he was the part. Amazing! Then there was Zachariah – also ‘the part’ as he entered into the reality of someone who lost his speech and then regained it, displaying vividly the work of God in his life in regard to unbelief and then obedience: this truth of how unbelief and obedience impacts our lives, has always impacted me, and seeing it again in this Nativity has surely reinforced it for me. The acting out so Holy Spirit inspired, was also seen in the one who played the part of Mary. I will never forget the sparkling eyes, and inner joy and wonder conveyed in the smile, it was sheer beauty. ”
Jeannie Civil writer Brighton Dec 2012