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Reality TV hits the internet. Epic. Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nighmares episode Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro aired recently in the US. It was the first time Ramsey walked away from a restaurant. The battle spilled onto the internet. Buzzfeed has details, as does Ragans PR Daily. The owners of Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro, unhappy with reviews on Yelp and comments on Reddit, started battling back on their Facebook page. Then this: Uh huh. In October 2012, a civil suit was filed against Sovereign Grace Ministries, a small group of neo-reform churches in the US. (2 churches in Canada) Prior posts. In November, SGM stated the suit: “…contains a number of untrue or misleading accusations as well as considerable mischaracterizations of intent,” This complaint makes broad allegations that SGM pastors were negligent, resulting in errors and omissions in pastoral counseling and spiritual care, which was voluntarily sought and provided years ago to some families of child abuse victims. In January the filing was amended to include more defendants, and add more plaintiffs. SGM stated (Read more…) Christy Clark is unstoppable. She became Liberal Leader with only the support of one MLA. Members of her caucus criticized her. 17 of them fearing defeat didn’t run for re-election. Practically every pundit and journalist thought Clark was going to lose and so did every single polling firm. But last night she won. Not only did she turn around a failing election campaign, Clark turned around a failing party. Her predecessor with an approval rating of only 9% was the least popular Canadian politician in the last 40 years. The poorly implemented Harmonized Sales Tax had mobilized over 700,000 British (Read more…) By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Seeing as though this was on the front page of the National Post this week, one could say that the secret is out. Over the past few years, pro-life politicians have adopted an incremental approach to eventually stopping abortion. John Ivison in this featured piece in the newspaper explains this process well. As Ivison notes, “Roxanne’s Law” was targeted against coercive abortion while motion M-408 was to target the alleged problem of sex-selection abortions. Both were unsuccessful. I recall, though, that the advocates of these initiatives targeted the practice. Surely no (Read more…) By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Seeing as though this was on the front page of the National Post this week, one could say that the secret is out. Over the past few years, pro-life politicians have adopted an incremental approach to eventually stopping abortion. John Ivison in this featured piece in the newspaper explains this process well. As Ivison notes, “Roxanne’s Law” was targeted against coercive abortion while motion M-408 was to target the alleged problem of sex-selection abortions. Both were unsuccessful. I recall, though, that the advocates of these initiatives targeted the practice. Surely no (Read more…) By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission A brief correction notice in the New York Times shows that our world is changing. Several others have already noticed a correction to the Times’ story on the Margaret Thatcher funeral service, towards the end of the online story here. It reads like this: Correction: April 19, 2013 Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain referred incorrectly to the biblical passage read by Amanda Thatcher as the first lesson at her grandmother’s funeral. It was Ephesians 6:10-18 — (Read more…) I’d read this. I’ve read author Tim Callaways thesis, and given the recent response of PBI to historical abuse at the school, abuse survivors, and the ongoing leadership of the next generation of the Maxwell family at the small western bible school, Training Disciplined Soldiers for Christ may help me understand how US fundamentalism took such deep root in a small prairie town school and in the the lives of it’s loyalists. Tim Callaway has been a steady and clear voice for PBI abuse survivors in media and online. I’ll wait for the e-book – the hard-cover price is (Read more…) For many of us, the constant drip of negative political adverts are reason to head to the kitchen, or as the response says, ‘change the channel.’ This response by the federal Liberal Party to the Conservative attack ads against the new Liberal leader is, hmmm, surprising and frankly, refreshing. By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Some people who are rooting for Todd Bentley’s meetings in Durban, South Africa may have been watching too much Texas Hold ‘Em on TV, as they are pushing their rhetorical poker chips to the center of the table as their wagers on his success. Two quick updates: 1. Wendy Alec’s “prophetic word” about all this was redistributed by The Elijah List this morning. Steve Shultz writes: “Read below about a worldwide great awakening. Caution, don’t be discouraged if your state or country is not mentioned. All of the listed locations will . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: Going “all in” on Todd Bentley’s South Africa meetings It was a publicity stunt for Battlecam, an online channel. This is the headline before the Daily Mail released it had been had. via: Joshua Green Businessweek George Beverly Shea died today at the age of 104. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association tribute page. By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Todd Bentley is preparing to crank up another revival. And GOD TV, the cable TV and internet TV station has just announced this morning that they are jumping in with both feet. Bentley is in South Africa as I write in a revival oh so modestly dubbed “The Great Awakening” And I figured that something was up when he or one of his minions made this announcement by e-mail yesterday. What’s the saying? “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”? . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: It’s Lakeland 2.0! Limited Time Only!!!! By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Brief Facebook status update by Faytene yesterday: Faytene Grasseschi shared a link via HootSuite. Yesterday The team needs $20,000+ to cover base expenses for the B2L walk. We’d be grateful for anything you can sow. Info: http://ow.ly/jU7qk Details of what they think they need on their protest walk are here. I think the big pro-life walk from Montreal to Ottawa, intended to mark the 25th annivaresary of the Supreme Court’s Morgentaler decision may wind up spending more, per capita, than that big recent native protest of walking that long long Rick Warren, Saddleback Church: To my dear staff, Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we need your prayer for us. No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now. Our youngest son, Matthew, age 27, and a lifelong member of Saddleback, died today. You who watched Matthew grow up knew he was an incredibly kind, gentle, and compassionate man. He had a brilliant . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: Rick Warren’s son Matthew – suicide death Ahhh…blogging. So rewarding. So time consuming. After much deliberation, I’ve decided that it’s time for Boreal Citizen to come to an end. It’s already past due, drawn out by the encouragement of kind people, new subscribers, and friends who clicked “share” ten minutes after publication, making my efforts feel worthwhile. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the support. However, there are only so many hours in the day. As a parent of young children, I must carefully choose where to direct what little energy I have to spare. Am I making a difference? Is my time well-spent? Politically, (Read more…) Opps. The Canton Ohio First Church of the Nazarene Easter service took a theatrical turn when the tomb caught on fire. The guy playing Jesus doesn’t miss a beat, the singer sticks it out to the smoky end. According to the church Facebook page, Pastor Paul (he may have been the guy on the left of Jesus running off stage carrying the burning tomb door) was treated for burns and was home with his family for supper. Smoke and flames – quite the finale. The drama starts at 1:24 via: Matthew Paul Turner By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Faytene Grasseschi is starting to promote her pro-life walk from Montreal to Ottawa with an interview with Brian Lilley of Sun News TV. You may see it here. It’s a friendly interview [Lilley: "I've known you for a long time..."]. But there were a couple of observations that struck me as I watched. [I myself am strongly pro-life, but I guess it is the "reporter" in me popping up.] 1. I don’t think that Lilley’s observation that pro-choicers paint all this as an “old white man’s issue”–which allows him . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: Lilley pitches underhand, Faytene triples to right By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Faytene Grasseschi is still newsworthy to Charisma magazine, following their recent cover story on her. Their online news service, Charisma News, is reporting that she will lead 25 pro-life women on a walk from Montreal to Ottawa, timed to end at the annual March for Life rally in Ottawa in May, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Morgentaler decision striking down Canada’s federal laws on abortion. The linked article and promotional video allows Faytene to explain her plans and rationale. It’s an ongoing complaint by pro-lifers . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: She’s walkin’ By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Brian Lilley, of Sun News TV, reports something interesting in a recent blog post. Motion M-408, in the House of Commons, was an initiative by pro-life MPs to address what they saw as the possibility of people using ultrasounds pursue abortions when babies would be born of the wrong sex. As Lilley mentions, a procedural group of the House has decided that the motion cannot be discussed by the House as the matters that would be discussed are properly matters relating to provincial powers. [Not so. If that was the case . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: “…sit down and shut up.” When it comes to teaching my kids about the world, I never assumed science would be a top priority. Yet these days I find myself spending little time focusing on language, instead opting for discussions about things like gravity, the solar system and human evolution. This is partly due to my children’s natural curiosity about such topics. But one might also argue that our future as a species depends on our ability to think critically, and base our decisions on evidence and reason. (Climate change denial, and its potentially dire consequences, might be the ultimate example of our collective failure . . . → Read More: Boreal Citizen: Can reason and secularism protect kids from anti-science rhetoric (and build a better society)? This is quite shocking. This statement might appear to be commonsense, but it is a radical divergence from the standard view that terrorism against the US government is never justified or deserved. In essence this is a warning from a four-star US General to his government about the use of drones, saying that if America uses them carelessly then it has no right to be outraged over extremist retaliation. World population has increased from under 1-billion in 1800 to over 7-billion today–that’s just over 200 years. So that’s an extraordinary rate of population increase. If we saw that in any other species, we’d say, “Wow, that species is headed for a crash.” We don’t think that way when we see the human population numbers. We look at them and say, “Oh, wow–how successful we are.” –Richard Heinberg, in a speech at the 2012 Bioneers Conference This week we decided to tackle the baby items: sorting them, cleaning them and selling them. During this process, I could not . . . → Read More: Boreal Citizen: Women’s rights, religion and the population crisis Following lengthy deliberation and prayer, ABWE today replaced G.R.A.C.E.— the victims’ advocacy organization—with a new investigative firm. G.R.A.C.E. was hired by ABWE in May 2011 to independently investigate the tragic child abuse by former missionary Donn Ketcham in Bangladesh more than 20 years ago, and ABWE’s subsequent handling of the situation. ABWE board members and executives discovered that G.R.A.C.E.’s investigative process was “fatally flawed” and would not find the truth, nor advance the cause of reconciliation with the victims. Association of Baptists for World Evangelism says . . . → Read More: Bene Diction Blogs On: US missionary organization ABWE dumps G.R.A.C.E. investigative team Bene Diction Blogs On: Todd Bentley is “as far from the understanding of God as [he has] ever known’By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Why is Todd Bentley starting a little bit of a public relations campaign these days? Well, some of it may be due to the fact that some Christians are dismayed by his actions. One English Anglican vicar comes to mind. Earlier this month, Canon Colin Boswell of Croydon, England shared his thoughts with a reporter from a local newspaper. I’d be disgusted if I were him. 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