November 20, 2011
“Because, I could not live like that anymore.” Myron told me this about his life. He was from Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, from the city of Poltava. He was in Florida working as a room cleaner in a hotel that I was staying at for a conference. He was here illegally.
November 6, 2011
“Homosexuality is so evil that even the devil does not want it.” These words were spoken by an Orthodox priest, educated in Australia, serving in Greece and given as “pastoral” advice to a younger man who was struggling with what he was feeling – love for another man. This is the face of true evil – a priest, ordained by the Holy Spirit, called to spread the good news of the Gospel, the good news of love and forgiveness, telling an anxious young man that he is worse than the devil.