The man who was found dead in the porch of Brunswick Methodist Church on Sunday morning has been identified as Martin Woodley, of Bonymaen. According to the local paper, he was just 37.
This is terribly sad. I would like to offer my condolences to his family and invite readers to remember them in your prayers. [...]

The final voting for the 2007 Canadian Blog Awards ends January 30th, 2008 11:59 PM PST.

If you would like to support Bene Diction Blogs On, you can vote here, in the finalist Best Religious Blog Category.
Thank you.:^)

 Let the scare hyperbole begin:A coalition of groups led by Soulforce is targeting six U.S. mega-churches in an effort to foster dialogue about Christian views on homosexuality. Caleb Price with Focus on the Family says the campaign by the homosexual advocacy group has a friendly facade that belies the agenda of the group — and that [...]

Do you know or care what a materials economy means?
Sounds complicated, but a PhD is not required to get up to speed.
The Story of Stuff  is an one of the neatest films I’ve seen. It’s 20 minutes, you can start/stop it at your leisure. 
via: A Creative Revolution

This painting hangs in the White House Oval Office. It was lent to the current US President by one of his oil company friends. How G.W. Bush sees this painting and the real story behind it are worlds apart.
In May 2006 Jonathan Hutson of Talk2Action wrote about the myth it appears G.W. Bush actually believes about [...]

This is a guest post - BD
If someone were to ask you what celebrity you would like to meet - what would be your answer?   It’s not a tough question for many.  Celebrity de jours like a movie star or a rock star would probably be the choice of most.   I can think of two [...]

As I developed the cross-references visualization, it became increasingly clear that the data woven into the Bible was incredibly rich. Although the data Christoph shared with me was interesting, it told little about the people and places mentioned in the tome. In response, I set out to derive a new data set from the Bible, [...]

I was thinking about what’s surprised me on this trip. A lot hasn’t surprised me: seeing poverty; witnessing the joy among those who are very poor; seeing God very present among people who have very little. All of this is humbling and overwhelming, but not really surprising. I expected that.What’s surprised me most is the role [...]