This is the star decoration that caught the attention of Christian worker Madeline Arthington when she returned to her Central Asian church after the quarantine. “That IKEA star still hangs in the corner of the church. I suppose by now it will stay up until December. I’m accustomed to it, though, and find a strange comfort in its presence. Just like the ancient star pointed the way to the baby Jesus, this cheap paper star points my heart to the risen Savior. He is still the ‘light to the nations’ (Isaiah 42:6).”
