We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted and if she breaks it down, we rejoice.
Walter WangerinSo here comes Gabriel again, and what he says is "Good tidings of great joy for all people." That's why the shepherds are first: they represent all the nameless, all the working stiffs, the great wheeling population of the whole world.
Walter WangerinGod is coming! God is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, echoes ahead the advent. God is coming! Can't you feel it?
Walter Wangerin