A Chinese advocate for Christian house churches has been released by officials after being arrested September 26th.
Mr. Xiao Bi-guang has been re-united with his wife and four year old son, while a companion, Mr. Zhang Yi-nan remains imprisoned under subversion charges.
Voice of the Maryters asked readers to write the Chinese embassy on behalf of these [...]

Mike Yaconelli 1942 -2003
…..Please pray for Mike’s family, his wife Karla, for the staff and ministry of Youth Specialties, for Grace Community Church where he was the lay pastor and for those of us who will miss his challenge to love God in the workshop of our messy lives.
In the midst of the sadness of [...]

I mentioned that my kid sister participated in the Washington Marathon last week.
Some people might say my siblings and I are stubborn, I prefer to call it tenacity.:^)
She worked hard as anyone preparing for a marathon would. At one stage, she had to stop training when her lung capacity was at only 30% (asthma).
She didn’t [...]

Where you stand on foreign policy can be conflicting.
This is an interactive quiz that uses 12 questions to help you understand what you think. And in doing so, it looks at the complexity of some major issues.
In the interest of fair disclosure, I came up high on global markets and human rights in this American [...]

What is a god-blog?
A weblog written by a Christian(s) who believe and adhere(s) to historic orthodoxy.
Breaking down a portal
There are 458 links at JesusJournal.com The portal is on a privately owned commercial site and is relatively static. The owner collects links, provides for self-linking and the owner’s policy dictates bloggers cannot be removed. The [...]

The sun has released another flare which will hit earth tomorrow. It is the third largest recorded flare in history.
Meanwhile, satellite operators and power grid managers are preparing to endure a potentially damaging event. And astronauts aboard the international space station have taken cover from heavier radiation sent out by the flare. They are not [...]

We think pretty highly of ourselves sometimes.
We are proud of all the stuff we have, the power we aquire, the comfort zones we build.
Then water, earth and fire remind us we aren’t as in control as we think we are.
A bloggers lament
I’m doing some thinking about the blog tonight, for a couple of reasons. I [...]

A central province in China has been hit by two earthquakes.
One village was levelled and 30% of Zhangye city was heavily damaged.
The northern-western area is experiencing sub-zero temperatures, hampering rescue efforts.
4 are known to be dead, and 25 injured, however, details are sketchy.
The Chinese government is sending 2000 padded tents and help.
An earthquake in Feburary [...]