For personal gain

Having lived in the Green Bay area I remember how good Paul Deacon’s teams were at Bayport.  That’s what makes this even more disturbing.
The former Bay Port High School athletic director and basketball coach accused of stealing money from school athletic programs will face trial, a Brown County court commissioner ordered Wednesday.
Paul Deacon, 52, of [...]

Why Lutheranism is different

So I’ve been in a learning mode when it comes to learning more about what it means to be Lutheran. Trying to learn more about the Sacraments, liturgy and of course the history. All thanks to the wealth of information at Wittenberg Trail. Obviously it’s beneficial as I’ve contemplated entering the ministry from time to [...]

What now?

That is the question facing some in the LCMS. Unlike in this letter to the editor, President Kieschnick in this letter mentions that there is disagreement withing the Synod on some issues mentioning some he stated at the 2007 Convention:
• Close Communion – There is little if any disagreement among us on the doctrine of [...]

Wittenberg Trail

I’ve been an LCMS Lutheran forever.  I was baptized, confirmed, and was married in the LCMS church.  I’ve been a Sunday School Teacher, youth leader, youth director, choir member, and elder in LCMS churches.  However I never really looked closely at what it means to be a Lutheran.  Through Josh’s blog, a great read btw, I was introduced [...]

Blogroll update

I figured it was time to update the blogroll.  I’ve add these great conservative blogs out of Green Bay and Appleton:
Berry Laker
Fox Politics
Who the Hell is Dr. Kagen?
In addition I’ve added a new section - Liberal & LCMS
Under the Liberal section you’ll find this new addition:
Folkbum’s Rambles and Rants
Under the LCMS section you’ll find these [...]

Jo for Assembly

Up in the 57th district, that’s the Appleton and Little Chute area, Jo Egelhoff has announced she is running for the seat.  Jo used to be on the Appleton City Council and is one of us in the blogosphere.
I’ll join a number of other bloggers in wishing her the best of luck.

Anti-Obama ads

This ad from the North Carolina Republican Party has been garnering a great deal of attention.

The attention is mainly due to John McCain calling it offensive. 
Since McCain doesn’t want to do the smart thing and define a possible opponent should we expect to hear him denouncing this ad:

or maybe this ad:

I have to agree with this assessment of the [...]

Employing the shield

So in the face of over 7300 petition signatures, resolutions by a few Pastoral Conferences and a BOD and a demonstration, Synod President Kieschnick and the Council of Presidents put out statements after meeting this week. Both statements are disappointing since they provide nothing new in terms of information regardomg the issue at hand.  Instead there is hiding behind [...]

Gas promise broken

It seems to me that there shouldn’t be this issue of record high gas prices.  In fact here’s the prices for the Fond du Lac area.  Almost everyone at $3.65.  Down right ridiculous.  And instead of trying to actually do something about it you have Rep. Steve Kagen (WI-08) doing this photo-op in Green Bay earlier this [...]

Fred Thompson interview

Attention all FredHeads … if you want to hear from Fred on what he’s been up to check out Hannity & Colmes on Fox News tonight at 9 PM/ET. They will have an exclusive interview on life after his Presidential run.
http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/index.html