See also "How Christmas Started"This is a chapter from Edward's book, Christianity Without Ulcers, free online at this website.
the magi meet the master (two gracEmails)"Who were the wise men that visited Baby Jesus? Where did they originate? What does their visit mean?"
the prophet of the magiIt's a veritable United Nations, the "228 Park & Ride," where . . . solo drivers like myself . . . pick up some trusting stranger so we can zoom down the barricaded high-speed lane into the city. . . . Today my passenger is Farook from Greece . . . and he is a Zoroastrian. . . . "I once read a Christian poem about the birth of Jesus which mentions the priests of Ahura Mazda," I remark. "Did you know that the Wise Men who visited the Christ-child were possibly Zoroastrian priests?"