The Bethlehem Star
The Bethlehem Star is a 50-page e-magazine of historical fiction for the month of Jesus’ birth, a one-time-only publication of Scripture on Stage of Livonia, Michigan, with fictional 1st century Jewish reporters covering all the various Nativity stories from the Infancy Narratives of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, with a bunch of extra stories, sports, weather, letters to our readers, etc. to enhance the experience of immersion in the events and people of this time. It is written by John Dzwonkowski, M.A. Theology, former 9-year (college & grad school) seminarian with The Maryknoll Fathers of New York, retired Director of Religious Education for his own St. Priscilla Catholic Parish, and current Master Catechist with the Archdiocese of Detroit. John is also a Catholic playwright, having written, produced, and directed 25+ plays, primarily exploring the great variety of emotions, challenges, struggles, conflicts, and joys surrounding the ministry of Jesus, but especially the events of his birth, and then of his passion, death, and resurrection. John is also the co-founder of St. Priscilla's Movie & Drama Ministry; as well as his own theatrical venture of 30 years so far, Scripture on Stage; through which he performs live 60 and 90-minute theatrical productions of An Evening with Simon Peter, An Evening with St. Joseph, and Peter & Magdalen ...on Jesus, all for solely a Free Will Offering to various parishes throughout the Detroit Archdiocese, complete with myriad emotion-charged music, stage lighting, multiple props, and even a 14' tall Roman crucifix that is used by Peter to demonstrate how this was done by the Romans. John has also published through his Scripture on Stage a comparable fictional e-mag of 58 pages, The Jerusalem Star, supposedly published in Jerusalem of the 1st century on the Sunday evening of Jesus' resurrection. Here we again have a variety of fictional 1st century Jewish reporters covering the various events of Jesus' passion, death, and resurrection, but from their close-up point of view.
The Bethlehem Star is a 50-page e-magazine of historical fiction for the month of Jesus’ birth, a one-time-only publication of Scripture on Stage of Livonia, Michigan, with fictional 1st century Jewish reporters covering all the various Nativity stories from the Infancy Narratives of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, with a bunch of extra stories, sports, weather, letters to our readers, etc. to enhance the experience of immersion in the events and people of this time.
It is written by John Dzwonkowski, M.A. Theology, former 9-year (college & grad school) seminarian with The Maryknoll Fathers of New York, retired Director of Religious Education for his own St. Priscilla Catholic Parish, and current Master Catechist with the Archdiocese of Detroit. John is also a Catholic playwright, having written, produced, and directed 25+ plays, primarily exploring the great variety of emotions, challenges, struggles, conflicts, and joys surrounding the ministry of Jesus, but especially the events of his birth, and then of his passion, death, and resurrection.
John is also the co-founder of St. Priscilla's Movie & Drama Ministry; as well as his own theatrical venture of 30 years so far, Scripture on Stage; through which he performs live 60 and 90-minute theatrical productions of An Evening with Simon Peter, An Evening with St. Joseph, and Peter & Magdalen ...on Jesus, all for solely a Free Will Offering to various parishes throughout the Detroit Archdiocese, complete with myriad emotion-charged music, stage lighting, multiple props, and even a 14' tall Roman crucifix that is used by Peter to demonstrate how this was done by the Romans.
John has also published through his Scripture on Stage a comparable fictional e-mag of 58 pages, The Jerusalem Star, supposedly published in Jerusalem of the 1st century on the Sunday evening of Jesus' resurrection. Here we again have a variety of fictional 1st century Jewish reporters covering the various events of Jesus' passion, death, and resurrection, but from their close-up point of view.
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The Bethlehem Star
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Feature Articles in This Week’s Issue…
Bright Star Over Bethlehem Said to be Sign of Birth of Long-Awaited Messiah!
by Abraham ben Zokut, the Miller’s Son ........... .............................................................. p.IV
Carpenter of Nazareth Claims to be Witness to Miracle of Peace on Journey.
by Nehemiah the Scribe
........................ ............ .............................................................. p.VI
King Herod said to be “Excited” by III Visitors Looking for Newborn King.
by Underground Royal Court Reporter Hezron of Ram ............................................... ... p.XI
What is Going On Around Here? Putting the New Phenomenon Together.
by Rehoboam Philosophicus, Firstborn of the Fish Merchant ...................................... . p.XVI
Spirit of Giving Brings Chaos
to People of Bethlehem.
by Felicity Hooperschwagel ......... p.XVII
Shepherds Startled by Nighttime Apparition.
by Rehoboam ben Midrash.
Unusual Births Cited by local Midwife
.......... p.XX
by Elizabeth of Sepphoris ......... p.XXIX
SPORTS: ............................................... p.XXX
Gladiator Champions in Jerusalem Showdown
Chariot Races to Honor Caesar Augustus
Keeping an Eye on the Royals.
by Kitty Caligula ..................... p.XXXIV
Fun things to Do with all that Snow!
by Rebecca Smallchilds.
........... p.XXXV
Travel Worries Eased by Pax Romana .... p.XXXVI
The Star Classifieds
The Prayer of the Shepherds
............................. p.XXXIX
................. p.XLVI
The Bethlehem Star
is an e-magazine of historical fiction for the month of Jesus’
birth, a one-time-only publication of Scripture on Stage of
Livonia, Michigan, which also brings you its historical fiction
radio broadcast of exactly the same stories in The Voice of
Bethlehem, but with all the cool music and sound effects
backups.
If you enjoy this step back in time, perhaps you’ll also enjoy
our The Jerusalem Star e-magazine or its radio counterpart,
The Voice of Jerusalem, which will take you back to the days
of Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection.
And thank you ever so much for the blessing you are to us for
supporting our efforts to bring alive the historical Jesus
through the magic of theater and the quill of historical fiction.
John Dzwonkowski, M.A. Theology, …Actor, and Editor-in-
Chief, is an ex-Maryknoll seminarian of 9 years college and
grad school, retired Director of Religious Education, and
Master Catechist for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Please visit scriptureonstage.com for further info, or about our
Home Schoolers’ Catholic Education resource, Raising
R.I.C.K. (Responsible, Intelligent, Catholic Kids). And thanks.
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