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Social media 101 and how blogging has changed

Bene Diction — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:28:46 +0000

Fun eh? Now on to some blogging 101. via: Wanderings of a Post Modern Pilgrim Ways blogging has changed. 11D: The Blogosphere 2.0 5. Reader burn out. You all are not clicking on the links like you used to. I’m not really sure why. In the past, if I was linked to by a big mega [...]

Speak Up for Children Crossroads/100 Huntley in Uganda

Bene Diction — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:13:59 +0000

What do you think when you look at this website? This website www.speakupforchildren.org is an arm of Victory Outreach Ministries, a registered, Non Governmental Organization (NGO - # 35914/2755) in Lira, northern Uganda” The site is owned and administered by Paul Willoughby, host of Crossroads Christian Communications Nite Lite Live. The site was put up in 2006 [...]

Leap blogging

Bene Diction — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:02:26 +0000

This Palin announcement is one of the more rambling disconnected speeches I’ve heard in awhile. The dominionists political hope, may make a Presidential run in 2012. Polycarp Right Wing Watch has an interesting analysis of a new US political coalition calling itself The Freedom Federation. Look at the list: Morning Star Ministries and increasingly politically active Teen Mania. I linked [...]

News coverage of 100 Huntley/alleged Driver ponzi scheme

Bene Diction — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:51:16 +0000

Two news outlets have picked up the Crossroads press release (more media will as it goes out on the wire) that Ron and Reynold Mainse stepped down from their responsibilities at Crossroads Christian Communications. Ron was president of Crossroads, his brother Reynold VP of MIssions. Both were hosts of the show 100 Huntley Street. The first is CTV: No church cash in alleged [...]

Canada Day

Bene Diction — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:58:22 +0000

More Crossroads Christian Communications changes - and no official peep

Bene Diction — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:41:50 +0000

Companies paying bloggers to push their products is nothing new. It’s an online concern which has drawn the attention of The Federal Trade Commission. Commenters are paid to search and go to blogs and websites where they pitch a product by making personal comments. There are bots which search by keyword and drop what look like personalized comments into comment [...]

Local Pastor has left You Tube

Bene Diction — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:44:52 +0000

Last year during the Lakeland ‘revival’ hype a clarion voice with quick wit, solid knowledge of the bible and a low tolerance for the lies and falseness of Todd Bentley, the Straders and New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) leaders started putting up hard hitting videos on You Tube. He had a decent eye, his videos were an effective way [...]

The call of the outdoors

Bene Diction — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:12:33 +0000

This has not been a good week personally. Upside: The weather has been terrific and the call of the outdoors has been irresistible. I have to be outside, it pulls me, which means the computer gets ignored and things pile up. (it’s easier to blog when its winter and the wind chill is hitting -30C) Family illness and obligations [...]

Hard Times at Huntley Street

Bene Diction — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:35:20 +0000

Why report? Over the next few weeks ChristianWeek will conduct its own interviews and explore the situation further. Why do we consider it important for the Christian community to know more about a ministry when it’s experiencing difficulties? One major reason in this case is the high profile nature of 100 Huntley Street, which bills itself as [...]

Painter of light(TM) company ordered to lighten bank account

Bene Diction — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:40:38 +0000

Last time I was in the US I wandered into a Thomas Kinkade gallery. It was upscale, someone’s idea of colonial tasteful, and empty, no customers were wandering around. I’m not a fan, but The Guardian said in 2006 that 1 in 20 US homeowners are. He has been marketed and markets himself as an evangelical. All I could think gazing around [...]