Maybe one of the appeals of the Bible is that it is filled with adventure stories,and the Epiphany, the wise men traveling from the east to Jerusalem and finallyBethlehem is one of the greatest adventures of all time (Matt Many ironies show up in the story. Certainly wisdom from the east is definitelycounter-intuitive for a good Jew (Gen That a monster like Herod figuring into the story so prominently is also unusual(Matt as well?For the wise men, the star stopped over Bethlehem (Matt star is still moving?No matter, in order to maintain our sense of adventure we need to genuinelyworship and extravagantly give (Matt God expects our best (Gen we give less (Mk have (Acts One more irony, generally speaking our greatest gift is our deepest pain.