Exploding lightNever yet seenBut always therewhen eyesight is keen Wandering strangersTracking a starEnd up at a mangerafter coming so far. Arising from waterBeard dripping wetHe walks from the river his pathway is set The wedding at Canain full celebratory swinghas run out of winean unthinkable thing. A guest at the partynotes all those aghastWords overContinue reading “Epiphany”
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The Magi come to Halloween
‘Twas the day before All SaintsWhen all through the ‘burbsMonsters and goblinsSwarmed the streets and the kerbs I was wandering the mallAnd stopped in surpriseAt the atrium vision– An apparition so wise. “It’s far too early”Part of me cried out!Another part welcomed And bid me chill-out. Do the visiting wise men goWith what bumps inContinue reading “The Magi come to Halloween”
The twelfth day of Christmas… Epiphany!
Tradition usually has the visit of the magi with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh on the final day of Christmas, heralding the season of Epiphany, the celebration of a manifestation, that in Jesus, all that needs to be known about God is revealed. The gifts of these 12 days comprise this epiphany. The challengeContinue reading “The twelfth day of Christmas… Epiphany!”
We Three Kings of Orient Are…
… but not the magi of Bethlehem in Matthew 2:1-20! We don’t know how many there were – tradition varies from the popular three to the less known twelve. The magi are not described as “kings” – there are two kings in Matthews’s account – Herod and Jesus – and the nature of their respectiveContinue reading “We Three Kings of Orient Are…”
Wondering Pilgrim 