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In the deadly Hong Kong apartment fire, 60 congregants of one church lost their homes.
In a Lebanese prison, a Muslim social worker and a Catholic priest turn jihadists from terrorism.
Indian Christians celebrate Christmas with hot-chai hospitality.
The top five books on Christianity in Southeast Asia.
If there’s a cloud of sadness over Christmas, don’t curse it.
From Asia editor Isabel Ong: Christmas in Singapore isn’t cold or snowy at all, which is a disappointment for me. But believers in the Southeast Asian country, where our Christian book recommendations come from in today’s article, still celebrate the day of Jesus’ birth in meaningful ways.
As a child growing up in Singapore, I would head to my grandma’s home to spend time with extended family and also to partake of a yummy spread of dishes like roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and ayam buah keluak (a chicken stew with tamarind, lemongrass, and assorted herbs and spices). For several years, I sang carols with my school’s alumni choir in busy downtown spots. And one year, I put up an evangelistic Christmas musical with fellow youth at my church. The script was inspired by High School Musical, and the theme song went, “Give me one reason / To believe in this season / Show me what Christmas really means.” We staged it to a packed house, and eight people committed their lives to Christ that night—even if the weather wasn’t “Christmasy.”
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Today in Christian History
December 3, 1846: Presbyterian widow Leslie Prentice leads a pro-life rally outside the home of New York City’s foremost abortionist, Anna Lohman, a.k.a. Madame Restell.
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As we enter the holiday season, we consider how the places to which we belong shape us—and how we can be the face of welcome in a broken world. In this issue, you’ll read about how a monastery on Patmos offers quiet in a world of noise and, from Ann Voskamp, how God’s will is a place to find home. Read about modern missions terminology in our roundtable feature and about an astrophysicist’s thoughts on the Incarnation. Be sure to linger over Andy Olsen’s reported feature “An American Deportation” as we consider Christian responses to immigration policies. May we practice hospitality wherever we find ourselves.
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