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…

In case you haven’t heard, Sarah Palin is headed to Haiti this weekend. She’ll be traveling with Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, to observe their work in the country. Despite the obvious politic drama connected with this trip, I for one am glad to see Palin set her sights on Haiti rather than reality…

You’ve probably been asked to pray for an underprivileged child or solider, but for a terrorist? This is exactly what the website Adopt a Terrorist for Prayer requests. Based on the words of Jesus, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” found in Matthew 5:44, the site offers specific terrorists to choose…

[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…

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