"The Father’s Gift of Love": A reader's theatre cast features three main characters who re-tell the story of Christ's birth several years after the event. They include Gabriel, the angel, Malchazar, a very wise man, and Lydia, the innkeeper's wife and new-found friend of Mary. The Father's Gift of Love carries the timely message that some search for hope, some for truth and wisdom, and some for love, but each of us has an empty void that only the Father can fill.