Turn in your Bible to Luke 2:15-21.
The Christmas readings often stop at verse 20.
And because this story is in Christmas specials
sandwiched between Rudolph and ads for Coca-Cola,
we think that this story,
the one with shepherds and angels
is fantastical.
These angels are for many of us,
just like Santa's elves at the North Pole.
Even "evangelicals" have been so influenced
by liberal theology
that they have accepted that
this is in the mythical category.
Classical,
Catholic and Orthodox
Christianity
teaches us that these angels are not mythical
and that at any moment you might have an encounter
with an angel.
Hebrews reminds us to welcome the stranger,
because you might be meet an "angel unawares."
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