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By seng1011, on Flickr, Some Rights ReservedMaps reveal different ways of understanding. This American Life radio show profiled Denis Wood’s maps of Boylan Heights in Raleigh, North Carolina and included and excerpt from his book Everything Sings The unusual maps are revealing not only of the neighborhood but of what we observe and how we find our way. (For more about maps and Denis Wood, see Denis Wood’s website.)
The magi use different maps to find Emmanuel, God with us, in the baby born in Bethlehem. Like the wise ones of Matthew 2:1-12, traditionally called “the three kings”, we can use different ways of finding our way to Christ.
Here is the audio portion of the message “Four Ways God Is Revealed” recorded on Epiphany, Sunday, January 6, 2013 about how to find God.