I read recently of a congregation where they did the usual Christmas pageant. The children from Sunday School played the parts. And they were all dressing for their roles: Mary and Joseph in bathrobes . . . the Shepherds carrying canes from their grandpas and Angels under tinsel halos and white sheets . . . One mother was trying to get an angel costume onto her squirming son, and his sister stood by to watch. "Boy!" she said. "Talk about miscasting!"

What are angels like? Have you ever seen one? Angels happen to be hot property right now. Sophie Burnham had a best-seller with her publication, A BOOK OF ANGELS. She filled it with stories about how ordinary people ran into angels, or were saved by them, or had a vision in the night from them. Since then there has been a rush to bring book…