The Town of Odyssey

Went to visit my old church a week ago, and I came out of there feeling sick to my stomach. Lord, please drive out the wolf in sheep's clothing that is currently standing in the pulpit of my old church! Amen!

Because a lot of what he's doing is against workplace harassment laws up here, and the PAOC won't do squat, and since this has happened to one other person under MM's employment (and potentially three others), he has to face with the consequences, or this cycle is going to continue and my old church...

Pray for my church. I've recently updated the situation in the "Spiritual Warfare" thread, if anyone wants to take a look. Also, mods, is there any way for that post to be a new post instead of merging into a triple post automatically? Thanks.

I'm sorry to hear that, soccerLOTR. It's never easy. I will be praying for you and the police force. *hugs*

Thanks for praying for me, everyone.

Hoo boy, could you guys just say a quick prayer for me? Right now I've been dealing with temptation all week plus a moderate anxiety attack yesterday, so if you could pray that God will give me the strength and peace to endure, that would be awesome. Thanks.

I think there had been some serious issues with the pastor...and in circumstances where a pastor is beginning to go astray and the board won't hold him accountable...sometimes you have to leave. It's preferable to not if it can be helped, but better to leave than wage war inside the church where no...

I'm currently listening to "Dementia" on my computer right now. Can I just say that it's next to IMPOSSIBLE to feel like a worm after listening to this song? LOVE IT.

^ I just prayed for them, Dan. :) Just a quick prayer for moi: I am moving out of town in less than a week. This is my first time moving out on my own, so I am having a lot of jitters about it, and since I mentally try to interpret all my feelings as being of a spiritual nature (a bad habit I've bee...

My last day in this town is less than a month away. I've lived here all my life, so while school and my boyfriend await in the town I am moving to with my sister, I'm leaving most of my family and friends behind, including my church and my parents. :/ It's bittersweet. -- 04 Sep 2012 10:55 am -- Hey...

Hey everybody, Haystack here with an update: things aren't getting better, but they aren't getting worse either. The investigation lasted roughly three days, tops. <_< All that resulted from that was that the board was told tht they can't keep secrets from the congregation anymore. Nothing was done ...

Thank you soccerLOTR and The King's Daughter. Quick update: Things have gotten so ridiculous at my church, the background drama is now spilling over into the main services (with one guy calling MM out for being a liar in front of the whole church ). It is slowly morphing into "Please pass the p...

Thank you AE and Catspaw. :) Right, just a bit of an update: The petition has been sent, and there will be an official investigation as to what's going on within the next month. \:D/ ALSO, the main man that is behind all of this chaos essentially outed himself in front of a good chunk of the congreg...

It's all good, Top. :) If anything, this whole experience has shown me, both through my own discoveries and what others (specifically, two different pastors and my parents) have told me; I overanalyze and tend to spiritualize EVERYTHING. #-o So now it's a matter of prayer, reading the Word and Chris...

I LOVE THIS SHOW. :D Saturday cannot come soon enough, especially after the latest episode. To quote my thoughts on this show from another forum I am on: Stuff I loved: - Tenlin, especially Tenzin's "Criminey" and "WHY AM I TELLING YOU THESE THINGS" because it's just dead on funn...

That's an awesome story, TKD!

Thanks for the congrats, everyone! Ohhh, I am so HAPPY!

Oh trust me Top, I asked myself the same questions, but so far I have stuck with the relationship and as far as I know, God hasn't condemned me for it. A lot of this could simply be me overanalyzing things as well, I don't know. :shrugs: One thing I do know for sure is that God is not someone who wo...

My transfer just got accepted for third year university. :'D Thank You God!

Needless to say, this very quickly happened:

Thank you Catspaw (man, it's been a long time! How are you?) and The Kings Daughter. :) Things with my church are currently neutral, but giving that when I signed that petition it was almost 2/3 of the way to the number of signatures needed to make it legally valid, I'm giving it about one month, to...

Ooh, ouch. Will be praying, that sounds no fun. Also, nice title. Oh the puns!

Thank you Termite. :) Things on the boyfriend front have gotten much better, though I am not quite out of the woods just yet. :) Things on the church front continue to be bad, BUT I have signed an official petition to have an official investigation begun on why the Counselling Pastor was let go, so ...