So this is Christmas and we welcome you
To join with us in singing festive songs
No matter what your creed or faith or hue
Your saviour whispers gently: “you belong”

So is this Christmas when our world’s in fear?
When babes in Yemen burst their lungs for food?
When sabres rattle over North Korea?
Is this the world God really said was ‘good’?

So that was Christmas on a star-blessed night
A Jewish baby filled his lungs with air
Creator, now created, shed his might
Enrolled us in creation’s great repair

Emmanuel, God with us, all our days
Breathe in his love, now burst your lungs with praise