The Manger is Still Full of Surprises
“What are you doing?” My friend was poking around in the house plant by the front door. Her visitor was admittedly curious about the intense scrutiny being paid the plant and the dirt surrounding it. “I am looking for Baby Jesus,” was my friend’s straight-faced answer. Now, Baby Moses in the bulrushes, yes—but Baby Jesus in the potted plant? Remembering the look on her visitor’s face, my friend laughed as she related the story. Discovering an empty manger in the family’s Nativity set, she inquired as to who had last seen the baby and where. The clues had led her to her present location and activity. In a home with small children, looking for Baby Jesus can be a regular event during the holidays. Another friend said that she often finds the baby Jesus, in a pocket of her young daughter’s jeans and dresses, having been taken shopping, to restaurants,…