What’s on Your Bucket List? 101 Things To Do Before You Die

I should get the kids to make one of these.

http://personalexcellence.co/blog/whats-on-your-bucket-list-101-things-to-do-before-you-die/

What would be on your list?

Iran Declares House Churches a Threat

a snippet from the article:

Iran's government is finally taking off the gloves.

According to a report from Iranian Christian News Agency Mohabat News, the minister of intelligence of Iran announced that house churches are a threat to youth.

Along with that comes an effort to fight the growth of the house church movement in Iran. Todd Nettleton with The Voice of the Martyrs says, "In the last year, we have seen a real change of tone in government reports in the speeches of leaders there, from basically ignoring the church and ignoring the growth of the church, to now speaking out forcefully against the church and against people becoming Christians."

read the whole article here - http://charismanews.com/world/32423-iran-declares-house-churches-a-threat

Christmas

 

I struggle with the Christmas season and most of the time I feel like it could be done away with and that would be fine with me.  My biggest complaint of Christmas is the commercialization of it, it makes me nauseated.  And I don’t know how to marry the idea of celebrating the miracle of God taking on flesh and coming to dwell among us AND the busyness and going into debt for the sake of a holiday.  Each year I struggle with my feelings towards this time of year.

But this morning I read this article “Should Christians celebrate Christmas?” and it has has given me food for thought to chew on for a while.  You can read it here - http://yoursacredcalling.com/blog/2011/11/should-christians-celebrate-christmas/