CHRISTMAS is a special time and I recently bought a DVD of the 1977 film series Jesus Of Nazareth, with Robert Powell in the lead role.

This had an impact on me at the time as it coincided with the death of someone very close and I felt a spiritual connection.

In the 1990s, I happened to go to the most holiest of places in The Bible with a former Archbishop of York and it is very special to visit the birthplace of Jesus and the tranquillity at the Sea of Galilee.

I look at the world now and feel despair by so much of the troubles and suffering taking place. We are supposed to be made in the image of God, but why is man the most dangerous and destructive creature. Surely, He has designed us badly when all we seem to have done since time began is kill each other?

It just seems that the men with power and aggression have always ruled this earth and the meek are trodden underfoot and have a miserable existence. Why, when we have so much wonder on earth, does man still keep making the same old unforgiveable mistakes?

I wonder if it’s time for someone to pay us a visit again?

Keith Massey Mill Lane, York