January 3, Epiphany Sunday: Matthew 2:1-12; Isaiah 60:1-6
If all it took was a star to compel a person to Bethlehem, the Magi would arrive to see a multitude.
"What made you and your husband decide to adopt children in the foster care system?”
The question came from a professor I didn’t know well. She wasn’t my professor, not even in my department—just someone I saw around the building. I don’t remember why we were talking that day, but I do remember her question, and my reply: “God.”
Perhaps it was an odd response, but it was the only honest one. To say I didn’t know would have been a lie. But it also would have been less than truthful to lay out all the reasons that I thought might make sense to someone: social obligation, room in our life for children, wanting to care for the vulnerable, an entirely rational fear of pregnancy. Not that those reasons weren’t mixed in there somewhere, but the only honest answer to her question was “God.”
