Christmas Reading, Pt. 2
Yesterday I wrote about some of my favorite Christmas comedies, and now to my favorite redemption stories. A redemption story, in my book, is about a character who has misbehaved quite badly, usually hurting someone dreadfully, and who either knows about this already or comes to realize this in the course of the story, which then is about his either atoning or at least apologizing, and then finding the strength for a new start. Alternately, it is about a lost soul who doesn’t even realize how lost he or she is, and his or her finding love. And somehow, redemption stories fit Christmas like a glove, although from the themes you’d almost expect them to be Easter stories.
I love stories about Joseph – the man who believes his wife is about to bear him a child by another man […]