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Dear Pres. Kieschnick,



When you recently started your "not your grandfather's church body"-campaign, I was alarmed that you might not appreciate my grandfather. If you don't appreciate my grandfather, I wish you would tell me directly and not the rest of the Synod.



My grandfather was a dairy farmer in SE Wisconsin all his life. He was a faithful member of LC-MS congregations his entire life and served on boards, supported the church's school by sending all of his kids to… Continue

At today's business meeting of the South Wisconsin District Pastors Conference, the loudest "Aye!" was for a resolution directing DP Wille to express our concern over the cancellation of Issues, Etc. with Pres. Kieschnick toward the restoration of the program. It was the loudest Aye! because it was unanimous and from the heart.



We all remember quite well the visit of Jeff Schwartz and Todd Wilken to our last pastors conference. They made friends up here. We're glad they came. You can… Continue

But did you notice that Bucky made the Sweet 16? Of course, they're now up against the biggest Cinderella of the tournament, Davidson. But as the commercial says, "There are no cinderellas. And if Bucky has his way Friday, there won't be when the game is done.

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OK, I'm indebted to Pastor Cwirla for this. But I sure had fun creating it.

The Issues, Etc. debacle and the bureaucratic double-speak of our Synodical President raises the inevitable question regarding the future of Pres. Kieschnick's presidency. When is enough really enough?



The Synod's congregations must be gluttons for punishment because they keep re-electing him, even though he has shown a remarkable penchant for dictatorial, unilateral leadership. He has also shown the typical blindness most bureaucrats develop to their constituencies. Now pushing for… Continue