As I watched the wise men head for home in my imaginative musings, I was left with a handful of questions to ponder. If the Jewish spiritual leaders were aware of the wise men’s search of the child born King of the Jews – in other words, the Jewish Messiah – why did they not […]
Those Wise Guys – Part 4
Have you ever faced a situation where you had been rehearsing what you would say, only to find that when the time came, your speech fell flat on the floor? This is what I imagine (as I participate in this scene from my rocking chair) happened to the wise men when they finally came face […]
Those Wise Guys – Part 3
The landscape deepened into tones of gray as the wise men on their camels, their entourage in their midst, lumbered along the western road. Knowing that their journey was almost over, the men were anxious to reach their goal—the home of the One born King of the Jews. A crowd of curious onlookers that had […]
Those Wise Guys – Part 2
“Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star as it rose, and have come to worship him,” the wise men said. I love astronomy, though I am a novice. Yet I know that stars don’t move like planets do. Stars are in fact suns in […]
Those Wise Guys – Part 1
I’m talking about those foreign dignitaries who visited the child Jesus in Bethlehem – the story of Epiphany – as described in Matthew 2. This past week, rereading this story again, I did something I have never done before (with this passage of Scripture). I placed myself in the story, like a precocious adolescent who […]
Epiphany
January 9, 2011 “Epiphany: A sudden realization of great truth.” I celebrated Epiphany (Jan. 6) by baking a special strudel to commemorate the Magi (Matthew 2) who, astutely recognizing from the change in the night sky that a king had been born, journeyed from the East in search of the Christ child. Simeon and Anna […]