Theological Perspective Mary and Joseph dutifully take Jesus to fulfill the letter of Jewish law, and their diligence raises questions for Christians who feel no obligation to the Old Testament’s laws. More personally, we see a family bringing their newborn child to the temple to make—a sacrifice? In our comfortable world, parents and newborn usually receive gifts instead of making them. What if we sacrificed something of immense value to mark a birth, to consecrate a child to God? This