www.persecution.com is a site dedicated to current christians jailed and/or in hiding in various countries. It offers the opportunity to write to governments for release and to encourage the families of slain or prisoned Christians. If you want to read about courage, there are many Christians around the world who are currently suffering in the name of Christ.
I'm just pondering where the line is drawn for taking the mark of the beast. Revelation didn't list all the times that it would be ok. Surely if there times that it was ok, we would have been told. Why didn't they write that it was ok to take the mark since God would know that we didn't mean it?