So here comes Gabriel again, and what he says is “Good tidings of great joy … for all people.” … That’s why the shepherds are first: they represent all the nameless, all the working stiffs, the great wheeling population of the whole world.
—Walter Wangerin Jr.
Topics: Christmas
Gloria, Gloria! they cry, for their song embraces all that the Lord has begun this day: Glory to God in the highest of heavens! And peace to the people with whom he is pleased! And who are these people? With whom does the good Lord choose to take his pleasure? The shepherds. The plain and nameless—whose every name the Lord knows well. You. And me.
—Walter Wangerin Jr.
Topics: Christmas
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