Herod’s violence reveals the futility of earthly power. IT WAS A GROUP of astrologers “from the east” who first informed Herod that an heir to the Jewish throne had been born in his territory (v. 1).
Would the Magi have been as interested in finding this newborn king if they had only to go around the corner? I wonder if that is what it was like for the Magi when they visited Bethlehem. Did they ...
"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 ...