This morning, we celebrate Epiphany. Into our ears, Matthew paints a palette, vibrant in hue, an intricate tapestry woven together in a sacred narrative. Within a rich text, he shows us a derelict landscape fragmented by dark indiscretions yet still dappled with divinity’s life-giving light. Let’s begin with the fragile realm inside our Gospel reading. […]
Matthew 2:1-12: Where is the One Born King of the Jews?
January 8, 2017 by
About 1,000 years before the birth of Christ, the Queen of Sheba journeys to visit the King of the Jews. She travels from what today is Ethiopia. The Queen arrives with camels and many servants bearing gifts of gold, spices, and jewels. She is curious and wants to confirm what others tell her about the […]
Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12: What’s Revealed in the Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
January 3, 2016 by
They came bringing gifts—but found the better One. They left the blindness of deepest darkness, coming to the pure Light, finding the source of eternal Gladness. They came to the Jews but found a Gift greater than themselves, meant for all the Gentiles. So, who are “they”? They are the wise men, sometimes called kings, […]
Isaiah 60:1-6: Shined On By Christ
January 4, 2015 by
Have you ever looked out the window and marveled on one of those winter nights when a full moon lights up the entire sky? But no matter how brightly that moon may shine, it has no light of its own. If there were no sun, the moon would be dark, as dark as dark can […]
Epiphany
January 9, 2011 by
Intro Epiphany is God showing us His Son, Jesus–not just for the Jews–but as the Savior of the whole world. And so Epiphany becomes the Gentiles’ Christmas. Epiphany is God further revealing, unfolding, and unwrapping His earlier Christmas gift for all people. In God’s Christmas gift of His Son to us, we have received […]
