Starshine!

2025-01-15T13:22:44-05:00January 2nd, 2015|Musings, Uncategorized|

Make sure you look UP this coming Tuesday night, January 6th. It's the night of the Star. The Star of Bethlehem. On the Church calendar, the 12th day after Christmas (January 6th) is called "Epiphany". Epiphany celebrates the arrival in Bethlehem of the magi from the East. Their visit with the Holy Family is really important because (a) the EAST was where Israel's worst enemies dwelled, and (b) the magi themselves were not Jews - not Christians - not even Presbyterians. Not the kind of people you'd expect God to invite to the birth of his Son. Yet here they [READ MORE]