Twelfth Night - Epiphany Eve
A wise theologian once said, To know the story of The Nativity is to understand the gospels in miniature ________ The light of a star a telltale of who we are like the Magi, it too has traveled far To shine down on creation to shine down on a child who lays in a trough a metaphor for all for he is food for the world Residing with the sheep and shepherds the stench of which would find us repulsed but the child draws them near Born in the darkness, the dead of winter No room at the Inn, echoes of the homeless Born into a realm of utter dependency so vastly vulnerable yet the child just smiles later he will cry A light emanates from the manger for he will be the light of the world the light in the darkness He will be our guide through all the days and nights in the archetypal journey that we call life and in that walk, his stance was nonviolent, always vulnerable, all the way to the cross God almighty? Think again look to the manger th...
