St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

As I write, Collierville employees are dismantling those magnificent holiday lights on the Town Square. I’m so proud of them for holding out in celebration of the full twelve days of Christmas! (Yes, I’m sure the scheduling was more practical than pious.) But, now we’re on to the next thing which, for about 1600 years, has been known as the Feast of the Epiphany.  In Eastern churches, Epiphany (from the Greek, meaning appearance), marks the Baptism of our Lord and beginning of his ministry, culminating later in the spring in the cross and resurrection. As it was believed that Jesus began his ministry on his thirtieth birthday, it has often doubled as their Christmas as well. In globally Western churches, however, the tradition has been to celebrate the Arrival of the Magi on Epiphany. But nowadays, those fellas usually end up folded into the manger scene of our imaginations, and by January 6 that just feels like old news.  I suppose this holiday gets lost in the shuffle mainly because the hustle and bustle of