ourney of the Magi is one of Eliot's most beloved Christian poems. Written in 1927, shortly after his conversion to Anglican Christianity, it retells the visit of the wise men to Bethlehem—not through the eyes of a triumphant kingmaker, but through the weary reflections of an old man looking back on the journey that changed his life forever. The poem reminds us that encountering Christ is never merely an inspiring moment. It is the beginning of a new life, and the end of a

Cowper’s personal trials forged in him a deep trust in God’s sovereignty. Out of that furnace came this poem, which gave the English-speaking world one of the most quoted lines ever written: “God moves in a mysterious wayHis wonders to perform.”