Work and family duties help to crowd it from my memory. In a small, brown manger, a newborn baby lay. God came to earth hidden in a baby born to Mary. It is the mystery of this season, and one that remains so, no matter how many years of study we have. Yet like my package, it can easily slip from our thoughts.
Students are busy with final papers and exams.
There are arrangements to make for holiday plans, questions of gifts to be answered. So much to do, so little time. It is the time the church says to prepare for the birth of Christ - for Emmanuel, God with us . The good news is that God is always with us. We don't have to wait until December 25 to discover what is hidden in the manger.