God clearly wants something big for the world—nothing less than overcoming injustice—and to show the all-importance of this task God sent God’s Son to get it going.

The caravans of camels captivate us in Isaiah’s lovely prophecy. Those wonderful exotic animals take slow majestic steps across the desert, padding softly toward Jerusalem. They bear on their backs kings and valuable gifts.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory—this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East.

Jordan has some of the smoothest salesmen in the world—as evidenced by the amount of stuff I bought during a trip there last year.

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child.