Orthodixie

I don’t usually spotlight Orthodox jurisdictional errors on this blog. Besides, I was sort of “raised” by the OCA in the South and am very grateful for their ministry and support. But, since the “back-story” in the following article(s) has been whispered about for some time now, and particularly since the story is hitting mainstream — forgive me — here it is:

Allegations of financial misconduct are rocking the Orthodox Church in America, whose former treasurer says top officials misappropriated millions of dollars in donations from agribusiness titan Dwayne Andreas, U.S. military chaplains and ordinary parishioners across the country.

The potential scandal will come to a head Wednesday when the church’s governing body of 10 bishops, the Holy Synod, is scheduled to meet behind closed doors at its headquarters in Syosset, N.Y., to consider demands from some bishops, priests and parishioners for …

Long Version. (See how many Church History errors you can find!)

[UPDATE: Sorry, the shorter version disappeared.]

SOURCE.

May God grant resolution, peace and concord to His Holy Church!

+ Female sexuality is one of the most powerful forces in this world (the only one God uses to create life).

+ It is a privilege that a man must earn by promising his life to her.

+ THERE IS NOT ONE WOMAN IN THIS WORLD WHO DESERVES ANYTHING LESS THAN EVERYTHING A MAN HAS TO GIVE.

+ She has lost something if she does not demand a commitment first.

+ The measure of a man is how much he willingly gives of himself. (Our troops are an example of that.) A good man pays this price willingly, by putting a ring on her finger first–whether she demands it or not.

+ Every day is a new opportunity to live up to this ideal.

Find the reference H E R E.

Our mission has failed because Iraqi animosities have proved uncontainable by an invading army of 130,000 Americans. The great human reserves that call for civil life haven’t proved strong enough. No doubt they are latently there, but they have not been able to contend against the ice men who move about in the shadows with bombs and grenades and pistols.

Back in the summer of 1980, I sold books door-to-door for the Southwestern Book Company. My territory was northern Wisconsin. In Antigo, by chance, I met a fellow named Bill Kawalski (not his real name). Bill was wild about Jesus. He was some sort of regional rep for Campus Crusade for Christ. He also had about 400 ski-mobile trophies. Put it this way, he was a local star.

On my way to becoming Anglican, I wasn’t particularly into the guitar-strumming, hand-holding, testimonial-type-stuff. But, Bill was a nice guy and we formed a friendship. He liked to ride a ten-speed and would often loan me one and we’d go riding through the Wisconsin countryside. All this kept leading up to two events. The first was a prayer meeting at his house with about 30 other teens & twenty-somethings. I survived. The other was: Bill and I went bar-hopping.

Now, before you get the wrong idea, Bill didn’t drink. Rather, as I observed on our only outing, he would walk into a bar … heads would turn, lots of greetings, and he would then belly-up. Since he was a regular, the bartender already knew what Bill wanted. Even though I rarely drink it, in every bar I said, “I’ll have the same.” MILK. Yep, Bill would order a glass of milk and talk about the Lord for about 30 minutes in each bar. He was, as I said, of local fame and well liked. I must admit, to me, our first stop seemed kinda hokey. If you know Wisconsin, you know that it doesn’t require much travel to go from one bar to the next. We hit quite a few that night, on our ten-speeds … all milked up.

Naturally, when I hear of “bar ministry” I think of that story.

But Mollie asks: Got Beer?

As for this next “specialized ministry” … Y’all, I just don’t know.

Here’s an excerpt from an AP wire story:

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Heather Veitch is not your typical evangelical Christian.

The three attend porn conventions, where they pass out Bibles wrapped in T-shirts that read Holy Hottie.

HT THUNDERSTRUCK

For what it’s worth, the “former” porn star’s pastor — whose church, Sandals Church of Riverside, is contributing $50,000 to her ministry this year — said:

“What good would it do to send the ‘church lady’ to an erotica convention?” Brown said. “She’s going to get laughed out of the building.”

Veitch [the “former” porn star] doesn’t think the women [current porn stars] should have to quit their jobs before entering a church.

“What we say to that is, ‘Do we ask gluttons to stop eating too much before they come to church?’ ” Veitch said. “Sin is sin.”

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(I’m thinking, I’m thinking …)

I don’t know what ever happened to my pal, Kawalski. He’d be knocking on 50 by now. But, old-fashioned sensibilities lead me to conclude that if gals like Heather had ever encountered guys like Bill … well, they’d be a lot better off. I don’t think they frequented the same clubs. More than that, I’m not sure they believe[d] the same things.

I think I’ll go have a glass of milk.

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