Every December, we tell the Christmas story again.Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem. There is no room at the inn. Jesus is born in a stable and laid in a manger while animals look on. Shepherds receive angelic news in the fields and hurry to see the child. Later, wise men follow a star, seeking out a King born beneath it.It is a story most of us could tell from memory, shaped as much by hymn and pageant as by Scripture itself. The images are familiar and comforting: a holy family alone in the cold, a quiet night, a humble...