I’m writing this during Thanksgiving week, that fuzzy period between the last Sunday of the Christian Church year and the first Sunday of the new year a week later, which also marked the beginning of Advent (leading to Christmas Day). In the spirit of the season, I’m reminded how succinctly the Lord explains Advent through the Gospel author Luke: “And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with ...