My older son Zbug was really taken with the idea of the three magi, especially when he found out that we were going to have an Epiphany cake at church that would have three golden dollar coins hidden it for three lucky children to find! He wasn't one of the finders, but that didn't keep him from bringing that story and incorporating it into his current favorite things in the world: making circuits and art. For Christmas he got a "snap circuit" set that has all these different pieces that you literally snap together to make circuits to turn little lights on and off, make a motor run, etc. So at school he used 'found objects' from the 'found box' in the art studio to make a circuit--and amazingly he really did have all the right parts and it really did look like a circuit--complete with three coins that he dubbed 'the three magi' that were the power source for the circuit. That boy cracks me up.
But what I really loved about this, and the reason I'm sharing it, is because it is such a gift and really a revelation of our children's spiritual lives, every time we see them combine the elements and strands of our sacred story into their daily life. My only question now is, are the magi AA or 9-volt?
amen.
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