Today brings us to the fourth and final installment in our series of Advent celebrations.
Each year at Christmas, I am gripped by the journey of the Wise Men. I have this insatiable longing to mine deep down to glean the wonder of their participation in The Story. I ask, “What am I missing? What can I learn? What is still here waiting to be discovered?” When I stop the noise of the holidays, the chaos of our world, the confusion of materialism, the concern for our future, I am left with a stunning sense that this is what Christmas is about. Please join me for their journey in Matthew 2.
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise Men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may com