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The USA Today reported the findings of a new holiday survey over half (56%) of 18-29 year old Americans believe Christmas is not primarily “religious.” To quote LIfeWay president Ed Stetzer, “A lot of Americans celebrate Christmas like they participate in yoga: unaware and unconcerned about its religious roots.”  But let us be clear: Christmas is…

Following an onslaught of religious bus ads over throughout the holiday season, the Fort Worth, Texas transit agency has chosen to no longer carry religious ads after 2010. While some will be happy to see the ads moved elsewhere, such a policy change carries both some positive and negative potential concerns. Of course, the transit…

My friends at Living Water International share a great Advent response to Christmas to change lives now and for eternity. I’ll be talking more about them in the near future, but for now, enjoy the video and become part of the Advent Conspiracy! Merry Christmas!   Christmas [is] changing the world from Living Water International…

Activist Faith co-founder Dan King shares this important announcement: During the Summer of 2009 I had the pleasure of going on a mission trip to Kenya and Uganda with Five Talents International (FTI). It was a Business as Mission Trip that where we taught basic Christian business skills to client and potential clients of the…

A great inspirational video about the right kind of change for the Christmas season. Take a moment and be inspired to change Christmas for someone in your world this holiday. Christmas Change from Kujilana on Vimeo. +++ DILLON BURROUGHS is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic…

[Guest post from Activist Faith co-founder Daniel Darling.] I‘m always excited to meet new authors, especially new authors who are pastors, and especially new authors, who are pastors, who publish with my friends at New Hope, who has published all my books. I was asked a few months ago to consider endorsing a book by…

South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint has decided to connect nuclear reduction with his faith. While Christian supporters would think this is a reason to rejoice, you might want to hold the applause. Senator DeMint is arguing to push for a vote to reduce nuclear weapons so closely to Christmas is “sacrilegious.” We can understand Senator…

I’m all for freedom of religion, but a recent Oregon school ruling questions us to reconsider, “When is enough enough?” The problem arose during what is known as the December Dilemma for public schools–What symbols or expressions are okay and which are not? Because of complaints about the religious nature of a school Christmas tree…

From my friends at World Vision US be forewarned it’s a bit hard to watch. World Vision’s Clean Water Fund http://bit.ly/CleanWaterFund This video depicts what life might be like if Americans faced the same reality every day as 1.1 billion people elsewhere in the world — no source of clean water, leaving countless children and…

[Guest post from ActivistFaith.org co-founder Daniel Darling. Thanks, Daniel! You may also want to check out his new book iFaith, which just received a stellar review from Publisher’s Weekly.] Today I have the privilege of chatting with Jonathan Merrit. I’ve been following the work of Jonathan in the last couple years as God has given…
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