(Note: All photography is contributed by our transposition photographer Nikki McKenzie. You can visit her profile HERE, see more photos HERE , and also SUBMIT YOUR WORK)   Many around the world right now in the church are observing the season of Epiphany: a season recognizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12). This season is typified by symbol and artistic fullness. Though I don’t attend a very liturgical church, and I don’t observe Epiphany in the strict sense, I do learn much wisdom from its rich symbol, observance, contemplation, and the way in which it enriches millions within God’s family around the world.   The star has typically been the symbol of Christ’s appearing, and this meandering image almost takes on a very life of its own in the story of Christ’s revelation in the world. Though the star symbolizes and helps us remember, picture, imagine, and behold the night on which the wise men first saw the King of the Universe, it is not the only image that refers to God’s “appearing.” Years after Jesus’ birth, as John the Baptist was preaching to the kingdom and baptizing his followers, a man stepped down into the water; this man elicited these words from John: “Behold the Lamb of God!”   John baptized this man Jesus, and as he lay body and head under the water and raised him up to the light of day, the Spirit of God descended on Jesus like a dove, followed by a voice from Jesus’ Father in heaven: “this is my Son in whom I’m well pleased.” This becomes in scripture the Epiphany (revealing) of Jesus’ ministry.   The image of a dove … as used here, elicits all kinds of meanings. Firstly, the Israelites up to this point in history prided themselves on acknowledging God as “One.”[1] They recited the Shema Yisreal declaring His nature, and the manifestation here expands upon their understanding of God’s nature, in that He is ONE (ousia—substance) but also three (hypostasis—persons). The New Testament goes on to to say a lot about God’s three-in-one-ness, but here the like-a-dove image of the Spirit descending, of Jesus rising, and the Father affirming gives us one of the first pictures and clear appearances of the revealed Trinity.[2] This is important in helping humanity to...