The story of the visit of the three wise men from the East has inspired countless retellings. (Personally, it isn’t Christmas for me until I get to hear Amahl and the Night Visitors!) For another enduring classic, try The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke (1896). It’s the story of the fourth wise man, who stopped to help someone on the way to his rendezvous with the caravan, and they left without him. He spends his life searching for the Child and helping people along the way, never realizing until the end that… well, maybe you better just read it for yourself!
High steppin’ camels one by one
See the wise men boogaloo
Down to Bethlehem to have some fun
In this New Year, let us lift our vision of what we can do and what we can achieve:
read more1. Ancient stars would shed their light,
Shining bright, both day and night;
Heralding some wondrous birth
Of some god’s descent to earth;
