The Three Wise Women
Revisiting the familiar Nativity story for my Sunday School children, I found myself reflecting on the mysterious travelers from “the East” who followed a star to Bethlehem. My thoughts wandered to the lands they might have crossed and the people who lived there, particularly the Armenian highlands, which my own ancestors once called home. That reflection sparked my imagination, transforming the Three Wise Men into three wise Armenian women setting out from Moush, Van and Ararat, each carrying gifts only women would think to bring to a newborn child.
Following whispers of a prophecy and the appearance of a bright new star, merchants and scholars gathered caravans to travel along ancient trade routes on a long and uncertain journey.
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Your article was quite thought-provoking!
Thank you. Everything that connects with the Magi has always fascinated me. They were fellow-Gentiles (I’m Polish-American), fellow-scholars, fellow-seekers, and in a way, fellow-scientists.
I wonder if you could offer some unconnected (mostly) advice.
Briefly, I have been texting with a smart and lovely Armenian lady via a dating service, for quite some time, and we like each other very much.
She has said she would like to visit me in the U.S., but under current administrative policy this seems very difficult to impossible. I am not able, as of now, to visit Armenia.
Do you think that there is any hope for this
so-far totally long-distance relationship? How might we meet? Any other relevant advice?
Thank you for your kind attention.