There is a story soaring across the internet these days suggesting things might have gone better if the three wise men had been three wise women. After all, had women been in charge they would have 1) asked for directions, 2) gotten to the manger on time, 3) assisted with the birth, 4) cleaned up the place, and 5) made a casserole for the Holy Family.

Of course, the author of that analogy evidently failed to read the story as recorded in the Bible. Matthew writes: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?” That sure sounds like direction seeking to me. That sounds like following. That sounds like knowing there is something inside that must connect with someth…