My angel died. Not a real angel, of course, but a VERY important angel nonetheless. The angel pictured at left was given to my husband by a special friend during his last years in pastoral ministry. Izzy came into his office one December day, proudly toting a wrapped Christmas gift. She plopped it on his desk and waited with a bright smile …
Where’s Rudolph In the Christmas Fog?
Okay, so the guy on the left isn’t really Rudolph–but please tell me you’ve seen the classic Christmas TV special, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (Rankin Bass, 1964). You know—the one where poor little red-nosed Rudolph gets left out of the reindeer games and runs away with Hermie the dentist-elf? Then, Rudolph returns to Christmas town just in time to lead …