Monday, 4 January 2016

Christmas letter, number nine, to Khodayar


Dear Khodayar, today my thoughts are with all travellers who have no place to stay. Like Mary and Joseph were all those years ago. We have to find space for them and share what we own with them. We have to provide refuge for our sisters and brothers; at out tables and in our houses.
Khodayar, many people hear your story and turn away – they never pay attention to you. He is a refugee they say, close the gate, don’t let him in. They will not listen to the end of your tale because they can’t bear the cruelty that you have endured from people like them; the pain that you have felt. So much easier to seal up the burning house so that none can escape; to stop the ambulances and abandon the burnt and injured far away. Out of sight and out of mind. We will not help you, we will not let you near. Love Stephen

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