Luke 2:8-20...cue the shepherds...Patterns and Protocols

Stillwater at twilight from the snowshoe trail. One of the things I have tried to do is make our meeting place more visible. Our next door neighbor to the church building is a bar/restaurant and many times I have to describe where the church building is by saying, "We are next to..." and the response back is, "Oh, now I know where you are talking about." Church buildings can become almost invisible to the occupants of the cars passing by them each day. Maybe a lighted steeple next! Hidden in plain sight and maybe that is a metaphor for Jesus in many peoples' lives. He is there. but they don't see Him until He makes Himself known by lighting up ! The sky was lite up by God through the angels on that night that Jesus was born. The shepherds can't help but see that this night was not like other nights. The sheep are in the fold and all accounted for and then wham the angel appears and then a bunch of his friends. The me...