Posted on 04/21/2012 3:41:33 PM PDT by Steelfish
The Ripped, Bikini-Clad Reverend REV. DR. AMY RICHTER April 20, 2012
I stood by the mailbox holding a package that weighed about as much as an apple. Inside, I knew, there was a bikini. I was almost afraid to open it. How could something so small hold such a big risk?
As an Episcopal priest, I am usually more interested in what is going on inside a person than in what shows on the outside. Most days, if I have official duties, I put on my black clergy shirt, my white collar and a suit that looks decent and head out looking like a priest.
Now here I stood with my package, wondering how “priestly” I would look in its contents. The fabric was fire-engine red; a sprinkling of rhinestones along the edge caught the light.
I needed the bikini for the physique competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. I started training the year before. I loved how strong it made me feel. Now I was about to compete in front of hundreds of people.
The competition would be on a Sunday morning, a day I had requested off for “a personal enrichment experience.” I would not know many people in the crowd. No one from church would be there. Men and women would perform poses of “front double biceps,” “side triceps” and “back lat spread,” while at the other end of the exhibit hall, judges would award ribbons for apple pie and pickled beets. This was a wholesome environment; still, I knew I couldn’t share widely what I was doing.
Decades ago my church decided that the ordination of women was a just and morally responsible thing. Some people left over the decision. Some people still tell me they struggle with the idea.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Boy, I was on that Catholic thread yesterday that said WE had troubles...
Can Prosleytizing porn be far behind??
Apostate with abs.
When does she marry her girlfriend?
Well, she might have a doctorate, but she has no understanding of the Church or the Holy Scriptures nor does she even have a lick of common sense. How tragic is the spiritual state of the Episcopal Church in the USA ... and, if it were not so serious, how comic. So, Rev. Dr. Amy, enjoy your personal body building, you are doing nothing to build up the body of Christ that is the Holy Christian Church.
Lord, please come soon. We need You now more than ever.
I don’t know why I’m shaking mmy head in disbelief. I should know better. The liberal mindset has destroyrd more souls than I care to think about, but I still pray for the blind and ignorant.
“Boy, I was on that Catholic thread yesterday that said WE had troubles.”
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Yes, the Episcopal Church has been hijacked by the Gays and Communist atheist.
It was once the finest denomination in America, and I was a senior warden of a very old Episcopal church in Tennessee.
Many Episcopalians have turned to other denominations, Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and whatever.
We live in terrible times, Alex.
Let’s hope Sharpton doesn’t enter the Mr. Universe contest!!!
after clicking to the article and seeing the Reverend in her work clothes, I say thank God there was no pic of her in the bikini with the article. Would have required eye &mind bleach.
I am going to send this to my Roman Catholic Priest..a former Anglican Priest
The Priest who served at the Anglican Parish in the UK after my Priest left there..divorced his wife, had a sex change operation, and stayed on as a Priestess.
The ladies at that Parish had a lingerie shower for him after his sex change operation.
Guilty!
Only a mother....
I’m rewatching the classic television series “I, Claudius” about the first 3 emperors of Rome. Your story makes the Caligula episodes look tame.
So she lied to get a day off, which she did on a Sunday, the holy day of rest, so she could sneak off and compete in a contest that she didn't feel she could let people know about.
Of course, once you decide females can be priests, you have to expect a few other commandments to fall by the wayside.
>When does she marry her girlfriend?<
She’s currently married to a MALE...who’d a thunk it?!?
Click here to see “lucky” hubby: http://www.stannes-annapolis.org/the-rev-dr-joseph-s-pagano
“We checked our makeup and did calisthenics to make our muscles stand out. We passed around spray cooking oil to give ourselves a thin coat.”
“The women should be dressed quietly, and their demeanour should be modest and serious. The adornment of a Christian woman is not a matter of an elaborate coiffure, expensive clothes or valuable jewellery, but the living of a good life. A woman should learn quietly and humbly. Personally, I don’t allow women to teach, nor do I ever put them into positions of authority over men—I believe their role is to be receptive.” - 1 Tim 2
I guess someone who pays no attention to the second part shouldn’t be expected to pay attention to the first, either...
i heard that... w00f!!!
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