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Catalyst Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

What constellations, comets, or other celestial objects can you identify?<\/p>\n

Signs in the Skies<\/b><\/p>\n

Happy New Year! Last year, many in the United States experienced a total solar eclipse. As this article details<\/a>, 2025 forecasts a number of different events involving the sun, moon, stars, comets, and more.<\/p>\n

We’re not the only ones who look to the heavens with interest. In today’s Gospel reading from Matthew 2:1-12<\/a>, Magi from Persia follow heavenly body to Bethlehem and visit Jesus. Magi were priests and scholars who looked to the stars for divine wisdom. They asked questions about anything from the best time to plant and harvest crops to whether a natural disaster might visit their region. Magi sought the sacred in the stars. While Lutherans don’t typically look to the stars in exactly the same way, we do look to the heavens because we believe they reveal God’s wisdom and might.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This Sunday, we celebrate The Epiphany of Our Lord. The word epiphany means “reveal.” This festival celebrates that, in Jesus, God is revealed to all people. Jesus is not just for the polite, religiously acceptable people, but for the people who look for God in ways that seem strange to others. Jesus is not just for the insiders, but for the outsiders. In Jesus, God is revealed to all nations, all peoples, all sorts of all of us.<\/p>\n

This year, as you look to the sky, remember that many other people will be looking at the same stars, the same comets, the same sun and moon. They might be very different from you, but the God in Bethlehem’s manger came for them, too.<\/p>\n

Ask Yourself: <\/strong>Epiphany reveals that God for everyone. Who is it hardest for you to believe Jesus is here for? Why is that?<\/p>\n

Ask a Friend:\u00a0<\/strong>When you look to the stars, what do you learn about God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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