Lectionary readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Two men looked out through the same bars One saw mud and the other saw stars. (Frederick Langridge, 1896) And so begins 2021, a New Year with mixed emotions: mourning, fear, weariness, hope and joy. It is perhaps with added poignancy that Methodists will be turning to the annual covenantContinue reading “Response to the Christ child”