WELS Reaction to Iraq Combat Veteran Typical of the Sect

Ron Ash snatched Tim the Boy Wonder from his Savoy failure,
and soon Wonderboy was senior pastor.
Katy Perry remains unconverted by her Road to Damascus experience with Glende and Ski.

WELS reacted as it always does when someone gets in the way of their corruption, immorality, and unearned arrogance.

As a group, they filed four lawsuits at once, each one without merit. Their argumentation was so ridiculous that the judge dismissed Glende's pathetic whining (two hours worth) - he had no case. The other three, including Ski, knew they had nothing, but they stalled instead of dropping the lawsuits.

Ski really had a lot of nerve showing up in a courtroom. He should have been defending himself for showing porn to his staffmember, talking porn to her, and using disgusting sexual references about a woman who came into the bar/restaurant where they were. One could include drinking on the job, being intoxicated on the job, and Ski's previous court case in Milwaukee, where he had to post an appearance bond.

Glende joined in the abusive behavior. They billed their CORE as a coffee-house ministry but they  made it a bar ministry. How else can one get paid to get hammered? Why not buy a bar with a liquor license and attract the downtown alcoholics?

The CORE's fridge was stocked with beer, which was consumed all day long.

Basic point of law, Ski and Glende - it is not slander if it is true. Simply responding to a request for Ski's future in the ministry is not harassment. Don't ask me - ask the judge. The judge did not need to hear the combat veteran's side of the question. I am told Glende whimpered about "a blog in Arkansas" and got an astonished reaction from the judge.

I would love to claim that only Fox Valley is that bad, or that the Anything Goes District is the only one so corrupt. But no - I experienced the same hate campaigns in Columbus while drunks and adulterers ran the show and led the youth conference. DUI accident? Perfect for Schwan money and foreign missions.

I could describe the experience of others in WELS, which are just the same, but that would expose them to more hatred and slander.

No one wants to stand up for this combat veteran and his wife? Is America so gone on alcohol and recreational drugs that no one has a spine?

The cesspool in question has its district convention this week. I wonder if anyone will speak up.

ELCA seemed to go on and on with no reaction, for 22 years. But they took one vote in 2009, one that necessarily followed everything they had done for the previous decades. Explosion. Over 20% of the synod packed up and left, even the gutless bishops had enough. At least the safely retired and pensioned bishops did.

And WELS, with its nose in the air at all times, still works with ELCA.

Glende-Ski Vicious Attacks against Layman Still in the Court Records. Will SP Schroeder Do Anything? Why Did Kudu Don Patterson Adopt Ski?

Mark Jeske's Hydra - Church and Change,
aka Change or Die,
aka The Synagogue of Satan.

Additional Links to the Story Can Be Found Here.

WCCA vs. WELS Privacy Concerns

June 16, 2014 by Rick Techlin, attorney, WELS member

WCCA stands for Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (formerly known as CCAP), and is the internet portal for information about Wisconsin court cases.  When someone applies for a job, an apartment, or any important position; every employer, landlord, or inquirer of every denomination checks WCCA.  If your name shows up on WCCA, it could have a profound long-lasting negative effect on your life.  Information on WCCA lasts for decades.  For example, information on a civil lawsuit is available on WCCA for 20 years.

Recently, four WELS church workers brought four almost identical civil lawsuits against a WELS layman.  (See Two WELS Pastors and Four Meritless Lawsuits).  They publicly accused him of harassment, they publicly said he was mentally unbalanced, they publicly said he might have a gun, they publicly implied he might use this alleged gun against them, and they publicly said they were living in fear.  These accusations were made in open court, in a public hearing, and as part of a public record.  Their written accusations remain a part of the public record.  Their cases all appear on WCCA.

The court dismissed all four harassment restraining order petitions.  But WCCA does not really explain why they were dismissed, just that they weredismissed.

So what happens when this young WELS husband, father, and layman goes out to apply for jobs?  What do prospective employers see?  They see four civil lawsuits against him, and not just small-claims court stuff, but harassment restraining order petitions.  Harassment restraining order lawsuits are the sort of cases that usually involve stalking, threats, and/or violence.  How many potential employers would stop right there?  How many potential employers would interpret these public court records to mean that at a minimum this young man is a troublemaker who can not get along with others?

If a potential employer were to dig a little deeper, they could go down to the courthouse, and read the four vicious letters that the church workers filed with the court against this WELS layman.  Each of those letters was a public violation of the Lutheran understanding of the Eight Commandment: each of them twisted every word and action into the worst possible construction, and those disgusting documents are all a matter of public record.  They are all on file at the courthouse.

What else could a potential employer find?  Nothing.  Not a single word of defense from this young man appears in the public record.  That is because during the court case, he never spoke in his own defense.

The court dismissed these WELS pastors’ accusations before the defense presented any evidence.  Why?  To find out, a potential employer would have to read the court transcript.

Some benefactors paid to have the transcript prepared to help defend this young man, so that people could see directly the vacuousness of these WELS pastors’ accusations.  (For example, the pastor’s evidence for threats was that the young layman said, “I will publicly defend my wife because that’s what God demands of me.”  The pastor testified, that was “a very open-ended statement,” thus the pastor was concerned what the young husband would do.  Court transcript, pages 45 & 47.  The pastor’s evidence for the young layman being mentally unbalanced was his pastoral knowledge that the layman had suffered trauma in combat while serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq.  The pastor’s evidence for the layman possibly having a gun was that the layman had served in the U.S. military.  So there was no evidence of any wrongful threats.  There was no evidence of anyone being mentally unbalanced or dangerous.  And there was no evidence that anyone had a gun, as if that should matter anyway).  Because some people paid to have the transcript prepared, now a potential employer could at least go to the courthouse, and read the 80 page transcript of the proceedings.  But realistically, who would do that?

WCCA is society wide, and can destroy a man’s reputation far beyond the WELS.  Who will defend the reputation of our young Christian brother?

Some people tried to discuss this case on a WELS Lutherans Facebook group, but WELS pastor administrators deleted comments and entire threads.  Some WELS pastors have said that discussing this public case on the internet is profoundly wrong because it doesn’t go through the right channels, it aligns one with the tools of the devil, it leads to false rumors, and it hurts Christians because they might lose trust in their WELS pastor.

Unfortunately, this concern is all focused on the WELS, but the WELS does not exist for its own sake.  The good news is not that the WELS is perfect, but rather that Christ is perfect.  The WELS is supposed to be brothers and sisters walking together in truth and repentance, but anytime someone says, “Here is the truth, we need to repent,” the WELS minders shout “No!  You are harming the WELS’ reputation.”

A WELS pastor posted on Facebook that if we post truthful negative things about the WELS on the internet, then we are aligned with the tools of the devil.  However, this is not true Lutheran teaching.  Lutherans don’t believe in a holy WELS Synod, instead we “believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church.”  (Nicene Creed).  He who speaks against the one holy Church is aligned with the devil, but he who exposes sin in the visible church is not aligned with the devil.  It is false teaching to confuse the WELS with the one holy Church.

Further, if talking truthfully on a little WELS Facebook page or blog is communicating with an audience too large, then what does it mean when WELS church workers put undeserved black marks against a WELS layman on WCCA, the Godzilla of reputation destroyers?

Is it the reputations of only WELS pastors that matter?

When these church workers brought their unfounded allegations against this young man to the WCCA and the public court system, they forfeited their claim to privacy.  Even then, all of this could have remained “private” for the sake of the visible church.  However, when the Northern Wisconsin District publicly declared one of the pastors who brought these meritless lawsuits to be “blameless” and “above reproach,” then the District also forfeited its claim to privacy.  The Church calls pastors to the public ministry (Power and Primacy of the Pope, paragraphs 23-24), and the Church is composed of every baptized believer.  Everyone in the WELS is now involved.  Everyone in the WELS should know what is happening.

We need to collectively repent, and make restitution to this young couple we have victimized.  We in the WELS need a genuine culture of repentance.  And the Northern Wisconsin District needs new leadership.  The Church calls and ordains, but the District leadership does it directly for the sake of good order.  If they cannot uphold good order, then the leadership must be removed.

The Northern Wisconsin District convention will be held in Appleton, Wisconsin on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17 & 18, 2014 A.D.

Kyrie eleison.

Sassy Supervises the Garden

For Father's Day, I picked a large bouquet from the Ichabode Rose Garden. A mist was falling before the service, so the roses were as fresh as possible. I had large bi-color yellow roses (pink edges), lavender, magenta shrub roses, and some other colors. Some were aromatic, so the chapel was filled with delicate aroma.

After the service and study of 1 John 3, Chris took the flowers over to our neighbor and had a long visit. She is going to place chairs and an old table on the porch for visiting and viewing the garden. Three neighbors have received flowers because we keep ours outside and share the ones I cut for church.

Sassy supervises when I work outside. She likes to wander on our side of the cul-de-sac, or sit under the shade of the maple tree in front.

When a neighbor arrived with his children to pick up a bed, Sassy got into the van with the children. The youngest said, "I want to keep her." Our neighbor down the block says he will take Sassy "any time you get tired of her." When I tell others about that, they say, "I would keep her too. She is so sweet."

Sassy loves the attention, and she enjoys stories about her afterwards, when I tell Mrs. I about our adventures. At Lowe's Gardening Center, I asked Sassy, "Do you like Lowe's?" She barked loudly once. The staff, loading the trunk with mulch, laughed. I then said, "Do they do a good job, Sassy?" Once more she gave her happy bark. "Aw, what a smart dog." She grins from her seat in the back, the window open for better flirting with her growing fan club.

Sassy knows that barking into the bank's PA system, at the drive-through, will usually gain some treats for her. One dog-loving banker is always looking for Sassy and getting her three treats instead of one. I whispered "Bark" for the latest haul.

We had a torrential rain on Sunday morning, which did not knock the worship service off Cox Cable. Usually a rain like that will cause the Internet to break off briefly - and often.

My gardening neighbor and I were in a drought mood on Saturday, so we watered everything. Perhaps the evaporation from our yards alone triggered the storm.

The grass is ready for mowing again, after a few days. All the new tomatoes and cucumbers perked up from the combination of watering and rain. I know the earthworms are thriving. My front yard is a convention center for robins. I caught one robin picking up a red wiggler. She dropped it, ready to fly when she saw me. I did not move, so she picked it up in her beak and flew away. "Steak tartar for the kids." Earthworms are all muscle, so they must be a treat.

The mulch promotes the growth of all soil creatures, since they work as a group to kill pathogens, digest rot, and digest one another. The end result is turning all living matter into something useful for the plants, the basis for life above and below the surface.

Mulch helps because plants grown on bare soil will droop easily. The soil gives up moisture much faster when open to the sun. Wind blows away soil, and the heat of the sun keeps the earthworms down below.

Mulch holds the moisture in and keeps the soil surface earthworm-friendly. They use that zone to pull down debris and deposit their casts (manure). Since the worms sweeten and grind the contents of their gut, their casts are considered the best soil improvement of all. These things were ordered at Creation, though many people overlook them - to their detriment.

Pumpkins and sunflowers are growing out of the wood mulch on the south side of the house. My helper is not impressed so far. He will be when both bully-plants take over the area. The sunflowers will be around six feet tall with large flowers/seed-disks. The pumpkins will spread out to absorb sun and moisture.

What are you doing on the shady side? some are wondering. As many know, hostas do well in the shade. I like hostas, but not the ordinary garden center green ones.  I will order some that are wedgewood blue.

Exotic additions to the garden are fun, especially when justified by "The grandchildren will love them."

The giant alium (garlic) bulbs grow a thick stalk with a ball of purple flowers on top.

The giant alium can intimidate children.

There is a stinky bulb that is spectacular and odd - crown imperial.

Crown imperial.
You will know when they arrive at the door.

Early bulbs will grow up through the grass, although squirrels tend to eat them with relish - or without relish.

Birdhouse gourds can be used for...birdhouses.

Some gourds are odd shaped or good for other things, such as the birdhouse gourd.