Jesus is born in a stable and laid in a manger. Shepherds, alerted by an angel, visit the stable, as do kings bearing gifts. It is the reason for the season. For each of the last 100 years ...

which the angels have made known to us.” They came, unclean and smelling like sheep, to “find the baby laying in a manger.” I wonder … what would it take to get us to run to the manger?

They would find the baby wrapped in cloth, lying in a manger. Suddenly, many angels appeared, singing praises to God “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom he ...