Somewhere … Out There

I’m headed to El Paso for our Diocesan Parish Life Conference, so postings here may be sparse, or re-runs, till Monday.

The realization that I had blunted my emotions for the sake of physical pleasure helped me gain the strength to resist casual sex.

Healing the damage takes time—but there are some fun surprises along the way. The biggest surprise for me has been discovering how much there is to like about men …

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Menwhile [sic] …

Seeking to better her life, Irina, 18, answers a newspaper advertisement for a training course in Berlin. Using a falsified passport, she travels from her native Ukraine to Germany. There she is told the school is closed and sent to Belgium for a “job.” Upon arrival, Irina learns she owes those in charge $10,000 and must repay the debt by prostitution. Irina’s handlers take her documents, beat and rape her, and make her a prostitute. Eventually they turn her over to another pimp in Brussels’ red-light district. Watching for a chance at freedom, Irina escapes one day—only to be jailed by the police because she has no documentation …

The Story.

HT Orthodoxy Today

For those who give a hoot, there’s this:

The Gospel of Judas says that the God you think is God isn’t God, that Jesus did not die for your sins, and that Judas was not the worst guy who ever lived for betraying the best guy who ever lived (to put it in the Sunday school vernacular most of us remember). In fact, Judas was not The Betrayer at all, but Jesus’ best friend and confidant, who was actually in cahoots with Jesus to have him crucified because His death was the only way to get Jesus back home to heaven and the Great Spirit from whence he came …

If you must: More.

HT: THUNDERSTRUCK

If you’d rather not, there’s THIS.

tmatt the MAGNIFICENT !!

Or at least precise and prescient “Doing that Episcopal media thang” …

“Why in the world does the Episcopal Church get so much media coverage?”