On January 6, the church calendar celebrates the feast of Epiphany. Mark Hansard helps us prepare with this meditation on Epiphany and the academic life.Â
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Epiphany, the season after Christmas and before Lent, is a celebration of the revelation of Jesus. On January 6th the Western church celebrates the coming of the wise men, who divined from the stars the appearance of a new Jewish King. Who the wise men were, and what methods they used to discover the coming of Jesus are mysterious in Scripture, but they represent the Light of Christ coming to the Gentiles. Isaiah 9:2 says, “The people who have walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who have lived in the land of deep darkness, on them a light has shined.†[Read more…] about Scholar’s Compass: Preparing for Epiphany