Posts Tagged 'manger'

Is It All About the Gifts?

On a social media post, I once read that if it had been three wise women instead of three wise men, the gifts offered at the birth of Jesus would have been far more practical.  Every year when we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, I think of that, and chuckle.  This year, however, I have been reflecting a lot on gifts in general: what they represent, how they are given, how they are received ...