Benjamin Tomczak has left a new comment on your post "Martin Luther College Video":
Pastor Jackson ~
I appreciate your reminders that we want to write clearly and with care, and that what we write reflects upon us and our education, therefore we want to be sure to avoid silly grammatical, syntactical, and spelling errors. Thank you. I agree that we can never be too good at writing, since the ministry is about the communication of God's precious Gospel.
However, I just want it noted that you are not immune from one of your favorite criticisms of WELS' called workers.
The header of your page has an incorrectly placed comma, "Proofread by N. Teigen, B. Church,"
Ought I take that as proof that you too are poorly-trained WELS clergy? There have been other spelling mistakes in some other posts in the recent weeks (in both post titles and the posts themselves). I wish I had taken the time to note them so that you could correct them. Mea culpa!
It annoys me when I see mistakes like that slip through my spell-checker, my reading and re-reading, and my practicing of, say, sermons. So I understand why we drill it hard.
Pr. Benjamin Tomczak
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GJ - A WELS teacher wrote to tell me the sons of bigshots could get away with anything in school. He or she thought WELS spelling was especially atrocious. I always get a laugh from a synodical official or pastor who tells me off in writing while spelling Lutheran wrong, etc. Some examples are in Thy Strong Word.
Those of us who actually publish books and write essays for national journals know how often typos creep into print. That is why I pay an editor to spot my errors. My writing students say, "You pay someone to spot your errors and make fun of you?" I caution them, since they all want that job, "He makes fun of me for free, without the least bit of encouragement."
I have made mistakes in titles and posts? That is not exactly breaking news. I often fix a post five times, so if someone gets the initial one via email (RSS), that is going to be the worst version. Others jibe me by email, just as I remind them of their typos on their sites.
I am not sure what "I understand why we drill it hard" means. Benjamin Tomczak is on the MLS board, so he might mean that school. My best editor graduated from that school. He is too busy chuckling over the posts to send me gratuitious remarks about my typos.
I am sure many mistakes evade the raptor eyes of Tomczak, as they do mine. I am more inclined to think he is reacting to the avalanche of remarks about the Martin Luther College video. I am sympathetic. Some people just do not see how funny it is to have the Runner attack Luther for no reason and for them to hug and violate the First Table for no reason. I call that rare wit in a videographic milestone.
Is it true that Beavis and Butthead were modeled after two WELS parochial students?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "I Dast Not Step on Tender WELS Toes":
Dr. Jackson,
Sir, that is an INSULT to Beavis and Butthead.
They deserve an immediate apology or you are in violation of the 8th commandment.
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GJ - You are correct. They never held someone out of a window by his feet only to drop him. They never broke someone's leg or knocked out a tooth while creating closeness through hazing. I apologize to all Beavis and Butthead fans.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "I Dast Not Step on Tender WELS Toes":
Apology accepted
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GJ - A funny video would be having the Sprinter coming to life, getting even with a whole bunch of WELS clergy - and you know who you are.
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Anonymouse has left a new comment on your post "I Dast Not Step on Tender WELS Toes":
"Is it true that Beavis and Butthead were modeled after two WELS parochial students?"
No. They were modelled after a reject from ELCA, then WELS. Then CLC.
Could it be anyone we know?
Not Beavis perhaps, but definitely Butthead.
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GJ - Sarcasm works better (if it does at all) when married to facts rather than fantasy. I was never a member of ELCA; I resigned from the LCA for doctrinal reasons. Since then I learned that WELS-ELS-LCMS gladly works on religious projects--even evangelism--with ELCA. Lavender ELCA pays to murder unborn babies with their health plan (no questions asked). If someone from the old Synodical Conference wants to be snarky, there are a few other facts I could list.
I am glad Mouse brought up WELS. I resigned from WELS because I was disgusted with their support of clergy sex offenders and false doctrine. The corruption in Columbus was especially acute but it reached all the way to Owosso, Michigan and The Love Shack in Milwaukee - not to mention Phoenix. Details can be found in the criminal justice files of various states and jurisdictions. Murder is only one of the crimes.
I heard the Church Growth elements in WELS were very bitter and angry than I had a call in the CLC (sic). I got an interesting letter from James Tiefel (Sausage Factory), which he sent to his cousin Paul Tiefel and Herman Otten - who knows how many others. I was touched that James, nicknamed Teufel in WELS, could take the time to write a letter on Mequon stationery to his cousin Paul, nicknamed Teufel in the CLC (sic).
I can tell that Mouse has memorized every episode of B and B. Someone who daily reads a blog and regularly posts covertly is probably a big fan of degenerate music as well.
