The celebration of Christ’s birth brings a time of raised persecution against Christians around the world. Don Sweeting summarises. What did you say you wanted for Christmas?  Many Christians around the world just want safety and justice. Say “Christmas around the world” and you might think of quaint customs of how different ethnic groups celebrate …

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An article, ‘Challenging Chappies – Australia’s atheist prime minister wants chaplains in schools,’ has been posted on Christianity Today’s website. Thanks to Michael Bird for the link and for his own (typically amusing) observation about Australian political attitudes to school Chaplaincy: I think that for many Americans this would be just mind blowing to even …

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Lula Bell the camel stumbles and falls into the congregation during a Christmas pageant in a US church. The pastor responsible is blaming the camel’s knee. The camel involved is probably blaming the pastor’s lack of knowledge about what’s appropriate for a church service. Apparently no camels or congregants were harmed. A report from Melbourne’s …

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