With the first meeting of 2014 taking place the day after Epiphany (the
feast day which commemorates the visit of the Magi ), Rev Canon Keith Turner of
St Michael’s Church Linby, revisited the well-known story of the Wise men in his message of encouragement to Rotarians for
the new year.
Canon Turner focused especially on the generous spirit of
giving and also the journey that the wise men made in presenting their
gifts. The journey was a long and hard
journey and there would have been occasions when tensions were raised between
the wise men. But more importantly, it
was a journey of joy and one in community with everyone in the wise men’s party
working together to finish their
journey. Without teamwork, it is
unlikely that the wise men would have be able to present their gifts in that spirit
of generosity. No wise man travelled
separately, they journeyed together in fellowship.
I thanked Canon Turner for a timeless
message that transcended individual religious
views and commented tongue-in-cheek that I was rather glad (and surprised) that no-one had
been tempted to joke about wise men within Rotary.
President Ian Young is pictured welcoming Rev Canon Keith Turner.
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