Merry Christmas to All

When Beth and I were expecting our son, we picked his name very early on, but we didn’t tell it to anyone until after he was born. We did tell people the gender. For fun, I told people I was considering a Bible name from the Old Testament, which was Abimelech. I would pause for a second. They tried to be polite, but it was an odd choice. Then I explained that the name means “my father is ki...