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It’s all too much like a fairy tale.
by Heidi Haverkamp
Epiphany is the ultimate bad-guy story.
Water & salt
by Scott Dalgarno
Epiphanies come to us in all shapes and sizes.
by Mihee Kim-Kort
Grief is like a lead-weighted blanket that can never be fully lifted.
by Daniel Schultz
We asked for signs and followed what we saw
by Christine Hemp
January 6, Epiphany of the Lord (Matthew 2:1–12)
Genealogies suggest a beautiful inevitability even amid political impossibility.
December 29, Christmas 1A (Matthew 2:13–23)
Matthew connects Jesus to the overarching narrative of the Jewish people—as well as to the smaller story of Matthew’s immediate community.
An other Christmas story
by Helen Marie Casey
Refugees: La Sagrada Familia, by Kelly Latimore
Art selection and comment by Lil Copan
Those Magi
by Kathleen O’Toole
Epiphany
by Sarah Rossiter
This story sounds like a video game.
by David Keck
Flight into Egypt, by Giotto di Bondone
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12 )
The wise men remind us that stargazing always involves politics.
In Matthew, Jesus’ identity as king is the major source of conflict.
by Greg Carey
Joy is for Epiphany, too
From the wise men to the wedding at Cana, joy comes from recognizing and affirming the good.
by Miroslav Volf
The gift of myrrh
by Gracia Grindal
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12)
Why does Matthew insist on calling Jesus a king?