Away in a Manger
When the Christmas story is paired with the first carol many children learn, “Away in a Manger,” it can sometimes be reduced to little more than a charming bedtime story. Yet while this beautiful carol captures the warmth and emotion of Christmas, the Christmas story itself is far more than something merely “cute.” It tells, in profound and deliberate detail, how God drew near to humanity to “deliver and redeem a people for His own possession.”
