The season of Christmastide is giving way to Epiphany, when the days lengthen because the Light is breaking in. In this message, Pastor T. C. draws upon the light/darkness motif in the prologue of John’s gospel to point to the ways the Light of Christ is breaking into the darkness of our world.
In this Epiphany homily, Pastor T. C. draws out two themes from the story of the Magi who visit the child Jesus in Matthew 2. The first theme is Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Admiration. The second is “returning home by another way.”
Epiphany means “to make manifest.” This is a season in which the church celebrates the revelation of Jesus as Messiah and Lord of all people groups. In Matthew 2, this begins with the visitation of the Magi from the East. The journey of the Magi is an archetype of the journey of faith, which is…