In A Feeding Trough

And then and there…in the garage (filled not with cars but animals) there in the stable the virgin gives birth. They make due. They wrap the firstborn son in cloths and they lay Him…in a bassinette…or in something that might resemble a crib? A manger…God is born a Baby and the Baby is put in a bowl …like food.
The one who has always GIVEN us food, has now become the food. Three times Luke will repeat it as if to say, “Can you believe this? A manger? A manger? A manger? It's a feeding trough for animals! It's where straw and grain would be given to hungry beasts.