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The shepherds would have been dismissed as unreliable witnesses
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Rosemary Hector2021-12-15T09:30:00
Uncouth, unclean and tattily dressed, the shepards would have been the last people you’d want to vouch for you, and yet Jesus revealed himself to them first. Rosemary Hector reflects on the radical nature of the way Jesus came to earth.
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