Enough!
I love John Stossel. The kind of journalism that he practices is vital for a free republic. He does not practice the tabloid style of "journalism" that has come to dominate the Visual Age. Neither is he a reporter who merely reports what the "newsmakers" say, he reports what they do as well. So when you watch him on ABC's 20/20, you generally get the kind of stories you won't find anywhere else in broadcast news.
One of the stories he reported last Friday had to do with Rusty Leonard, a man who got fed up with Christian ministries not being accountable to their donors about how their gifts were spent. So Mr. Leonard started ministrywatch.com, a ministry that investigates ministries and ranks them for transparency of accounting, as well as efficiency of operations. What a great idea! Not surprisingly, there were NO ministries that taught the "gospel of health and wealth" that received a passing grade.
Unfortunately, I don't have to go far afield to find religious crooks. There has been a scandal in The Orthodox Church in America for over a year now about misappropriated funds (among other things). The Synod of Bishops has done a shamefully bad job of dealing with this, and I hope that too many of them haven't fashioned beautiful bejewelled millstones for their necks. I remain a committed, convinced Orthodox Christian. But I'm very discouraged and don't know what I will ultimately have to do about this. Thankfully, I've also read enough to know that throughout the history of the church there have been saintly bishops as well those who will not be remembered so fondly. God deliver us from this morass.
THE ORTHODOX WAY? by Fr. Christopher Wojcik
The man in the black robe
In search of a more impressive hat
Processes down the shadowed side of the street
He stops only to consider a beggar girl
Holding her cup with just one coin
Hoping for enough that day to eat
The man discusses her condition for a little while
He recites the words of a formal prayer
And presents his hand for her to kiss
And reaching into her little cup
He removes her only coin and says,
‘My child, the church has need of this.’
For more information on this scandal, go to the website that Metropolitan Herman wants silenced: ocanews.org
Thank you Mark Stokoe, Rusty Leonard and John Stossel!
One of the stories he reported last Friday had to do with Rusty Leonard, a man who got fed up with Christian ministries not being accountable to their donors about how their gifts were spent. So Mr. Leonard started ministrywatch.com, a ministry that investigates ministries and ranks them for transparency of accounting, as well as efficiency of operations. What a great idea! Not surprisingly, there were NO ministries that taught the "gospel of health and wealth" that received a passing grade.
Unfortunately, I don't have to go far afield to find religious crooks. There has been a scandal in The Orthodox Church in America for over a year now about misappropriated funds (among other things). The Synod of Bishops has done a shamefully bad job of dealing with this, and I hope that too many of them haven't fashioned beautiful bejewelled millstones for their necks. I remain a committed, convinced Orthodox Christian. But I'm very discouraged and don't know what I will ultimately have to do about this. Thankfully, I've also read enough to know that throughout the history of the church there have been saintly bishops as well those who will not be remembered so fondly. God deliver us from this morass.
THE ORTHODOX WAY? by Fr. Christopher Wojcik
The man in the black robe
In search of a more impressive hat
Processes down the shadowed side of the street
He stops only to consider a beggar girl
Holding her cup with just one coin
Hoping for enough that day to eat
The man discusses her condition for a little while
He recites the words of a formal prayer
And presents his hand for her to kiss
And reaching into her little cup
He removes her only coin and says,
‘My child, the church has need of this.’
For more information on this scandal, go to the website that Metropolitan Herman wants silenced: ocanews.org
Thank you Mark Stokoe, Rusty Leonard and John Stossel!
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