STRANGE SIGHTS: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, PART II – A ‘RUNNING’ CHRISTMAS TREE; LIGHTING UP SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE; AND, MORE AMERICANS THINK SANTA IS A DEMOCRAT…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
IRAN FREES PASTOR AFTER FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
23rd December, 2015 FREE AT LAST: Iranian Pastor Farshid Fathi was released from prison this week. PICTURE: Via BosNewsLife Iran has freed evangelical pastor Farshid Fathi after he spent five years in prison for his faith, fellow Christian workers said on 22nd December. "We are overjoyed and celebrating!" about Monday’s release, added David Yeghnazar, executive […]
ESSAY: WHAT MIGHT THE PERSECUTED HOPE FOR THIS CHRISTMAS?
International religious liberty analyst, advocate and author ELIZABETH KENDAL reflects on what Christmas means for those Christians facing persecution around the world…
BOOKS: DOGGEDLY DETERMINED IN THE FACE OF HARDSHIP – THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF AUSTRALIA’S FIRST METHODIST MISSIONARY SAMUEL LEIGH
23rd December, 2015 DAVID ADAMS Rev Dr Keith V Garner Samuel Leigh: The first Methodist missionary to Australia and New Zealand Wesley Mission, Sydney, 2015 "We owe pioneers like Leigh much and Garner’s clear and concise 80 page booklet is a great way to connect with this story as well as those of other significant […]
LIFESTORY: ARCHBISHOP ANASTASIOS, THE SCIENCE LOVER WHO BECAME AN APOSTLE OF PEACE
MARIANNE EJDERSTEN, director of communication at the World Council of Churches, interviews Archbishop Dr Anastasios, archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and primate of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, about his remarkable life…