An article by Chris Chivers in the Guardian today makes the very thoughtful point that we keep getting diverted by things. In our telling of the Epiphany story we concentrate of the gifts and their 19th century interpretation (gold telling us of Jesus' Kingship, Frankincense of his Divinity and Myrrh of suffering foretold). It's neat but not quite enough.
Chivers argues that it is the relationship of the Magi (Can we forget the 3 Kings ?!) to Jesus that is the key, not their gifts. Or that they came and not Herod, who would never stoop so low, or just not get it. These foreigners came from distant lands to worship the Jewish Jesus.
That's something I can support - an Epiphany not defined by commodity exchange!
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