Arbitrary administrative decision sends church leaders to re-education labor camp.

‘Tis the season for insane sales, crazier schedules, and Christmas joy picked up via radio in a frantic car ride from Party No. 1 to Party No. 2. Right?

Does anybody else have trouble with this? Have we gotten so focused on the glitz and stuff of Christmas that we’ve forgotten why we celebrate in the first place?

I can’t believe that the 2009 holiday season is upon our doorstep already. For so many people, 2009 has been a roller coaster experience. And some are ready to get off the ride! The economy has impacted everyone, some much more than others. And the impact hasn’t just been financial. Attitudes, emotions, plans, and mindsets have all been affected. I have no doubt that this year’s recession has resulted in a culture-wide increase in stress and anxiety.

With the beginning of the Christmas season comes the responsibility of supplying children with the very best Christmas possible. As holiday events begin to unfold, the world is constantly reminded of the children that may not have much to celebrate. This is not the case at the Appalachia Dream Center.

Urbana 09, one of the country’s largest student missions conferences, expects more than 20,000 people from every state and many nations next month at its 22nd triennial event in St. Louis.

More than 150,000 people have so far signed the Manhattan Declaration, just a week after the document was unveiled.

A former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is now an ordained minister in one of the nation’s largest African-American denominations.

ATLANTA, Dec. 3 — Gospel Music Channel (www.gospelmusicchannel.com) will present the world television premiere of Chris Tomlin Christmas on Sat., Dec. 5 at 9:00 pm (ET/PT). This exclusive new Christmas concert, filmed in GMC’s Atlanta studios, is part of a month of world premiere Christmas specials, series and holiday programming on GMC, “America’s Christmas Channel.”

The New York state Senate rejected a bill Wednesday that would have legalized same-sex marriage.