The Gift of Gifting
A reflection on the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-12) for the Feast of Epiphany... A friend of a friend had a groupon for a party bus that expired the end of last year. She decided to use it for field trip for her school kids. So she loaded the bus up with 1st and 2nd graders and took off around the city to do random acts of kindness. The kids sang Christmas carols at the nursing home. They took cookies to firefighters at the local firehouse. They passed out quarters at the laundromat and left more quarters on top of the bubble gum machines at the grocery store. They bought someone's food at McDonald's. The bus driver refused a tip at the end of the afternoon, saying "you've reminded me that there's kindness in the world. This is the best drive I've ever done." No doubt this was a transformational experience for everyone involved, most of all the children. Three wise ones called the Magi took off one night to follow a star. They believed th...