title: Away With the Manger
author: Sweet, Susan R.
description: A Christian Christmas short story...
  
  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. ~ Luke 2:11
  
  Amy and Paul’s little boy is dying, and Paul has run out of hope and money. Instead of turning to God, he turns to crime, giving his son the only Christmas gift he’s requested. Pastor Dan, visiting parishioners during the pending birth of their son, meets Paul and senses a spiritual crisis. He approaches Paul the only way he knows how—with prayer. Can he lead him back to his faith? Or will his own faith be shattered when he learns Paul has burglarized his church and gotten Away With the Manger?