Christmas Lights
If you haven't read about the Christmas Lights that Michael Card is promoting, please do. I'm not sure who put this site up so I can't corroborate, but Card's endorsement adds weight to me. We know persecution goes on, and this is really bad. It seems they are not saying what brand of lights, or that we shouldn't buy, but rather that we should press meaning into the lights we use by letting them remind us constantly to pray for them.
"PICTURE THIS! A COLD, DARK PRISON CELL IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR OF CHINA.The cell is only 20' by 20' and occupied by 40 prisoners. One of these prisoners is a Chinese underground church pastor in his mid-40s, sentenced to a three-year prison term for preaching the Gospel of Christ. At 5:30 a.m., after being allowed four hours of sleep, a swift blow awakens him to his back from the boot of a communist prison guard. Pastor Stephen is allowed to have one of the two bowls of soup that will be his food for the day including the one small steamed roll he is given each day, he will consume perhaps 500 calories. (READ WHOLE ARTICLE HERE)"

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