Homes and offices are being decorated. Parties are being planned. Family get-togethers are being decided. And the malls are getting crazier than ever. Looking at the hard-to-navigate parking lots, long lines, and highly stressed customer service staff is enough to make even the most seasoned shopper sweat. But it doesn’t have to be this way…

[From my friends at Open Door USA] It was a day Pastor Alimjan had been waiting, hoping and praying for. After more than two years of imprisonment in China’s autonomous Xinjiang Province, Alimjan was finally granted permission to see his family. Arriving at the prison, Alimjan’s wife Gulner and their two small children were told…

According to this week’s Boston Globe, two public school districts are considering a move to drop all religious holidays from school calendars next year. This bold potential change causes us to question, “Should schools drop religious holidays?” While most Americans would agree public schools should not be promoting any particular religion, views on religious holidays…

No pardon after all? That’s the latest report regarding Asia Bibi, a 45-year old Pakistani woman sentenced to death for her Christian beliefs. According to this week’s Washington Post, “Pakistan’s president will not immediately pardon a Christian woman sentenced to die for insulting Islam but may do so later if an appeals court delays her…

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