Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Presenting the Stealth Awards to Ichabod, the Glory Has Departed

"I did not read Ichabod, Holy Mother.
My paws are clean."

I keep noticing the same thing on various blogs. People discover something days after I have published it. But there is no link to this blog, no indication that anyone has learned anything from 12,000+ posts, all the Luther sermons and Lutheran resources.

I have to concede that the Intrepid Lutherans blog posted and linked from time to time.

Meanwhile, the other blogs keep giving each other awards, kudus, amens, and glowing references.

Did anyone mention I published reams of research about Tim Glende's and Paul McCain's blatant plagiarism? I gave the examples, verbatim quotations from each websty, and the URLs. The LCMS and WELS support plagiarism, so there is reason not to thank me.

If I post a comment on another blog, with my name on it. everyone ignores it, unless someone takes the time for gratuitous and unwarranted accusations.

But some are saying, "You publish the leaks we send so stealthily," and they are right. Several have said, "I could let 20 people know or thousands know, so I choose to let it be posted on Ichabod."

That is another part of the Stealth Awards. I would like to thank them by name, but I know they want to remain unknown and unknowable. No hints. No nicknames.

Have you ever noticed how many regulars from the past no longer send a comment, which they can easily do by email? They have gone silent.

This is my Byzantine way of saying that the silence is the greatest acknowledgement of all. For a long time I have followed a forgotten expert who said:
1. If everyone agrees with you, there was no reason to write it in the first place.
2. If it makes people angry, you are getting close to the truth.
3. If the reaction is utter silence, you have really struck the nerve.

So - thanks. I appreciate it. I get friendly phone calls and emails, and best of all - ranting, raving, bitter emails packed with accusations and ending with - "You are so negative. I am praying for you."

Stealth Award Nominations

Ichabod - Most defenestrations.
Ichabod - Most invocations of the Eighth Commandment.
Ichabod - Most examples of gratuitous shunning by friends.
Ichabod - Most prayers offered to repent from writing about sound doctrine.

Have Your Brain Washed by Elton Stroh, Full of Straw and Strawmen.
Lead Pastor in Latte Church Failure.
Bad Metrics or Bad Coffee?

http://www.christlead.com/stroh.php

Elton's Money Machine

Elton Looking for Work

Lookee Who Shows Up To Lead a Kelm Conference

This Is Obviously Made Up - But Still Shockingly Funny

Elton Stroh at Word - Or, Picking Up a Paycheck for Metrics

Return to Speakers

Building a Strategic Ministry Plan

For ministry planning to be most productive it must be comprehensive (so it is well-informed and grounded in reality), engaging (so it has widespread ownership and participation),compelling (so it generates energy and enthusiasm), and cyclical (so both short- and long-term ministry goals are apt within an ever-changing context). Strategic planners will want to:

Lay a firm foundation for planning
Accurately analyze ministry context
Form and cast a captivating vision
Gain measurable traction with implementation

Do Metrics Belong in the Church?

This question is likely to raise some eyebrows and create some tensions. Some ministry leaders could not imagine functioning within a church without discernible metrics. Metrics and related words (e.g. measurables, scorecards, and outcomes) are mentioned routinely in their weekly staff or monthly elected leaders’ meetings. Other ministry leaders balk at the use of such terms in the church.

What is at the root of these tensions?
Why does having meaningful metrics matter?
Which metrics belong in your congregation?

Joe Krohn Wonders Why Kudu Don Patterson Does Have a Gig
At the Jeske Gag Fest

Many of us think having live bunnies to pet
on Easter Sunday is a cutting edge idea
for evangelism.
That is what Easter Sunday is all about - cutting edge stuff.

Anonymous said...

I guess we need to define what "fellowship" is and "worship". Evidently they don't mean we think it means. (You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...)

Bill Clinton had his own definition for "sex" and "smoking". Is there a similarity here?

--Joe K.

July 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM

Joe Krohn said...

BTW...I am saddened to see that Don Patterson wasn't on the bill. This leadership stuff is right up his alley...

Luther is rolling over in his grave; 'Lutherans' who have lost touch with the left and right hand kingdoms.

Comfrey - Or Knitbone: Big Relative of Borage

Comfrey flowers quickly turn to seed - and even more comfrey.

I did not have to look for comfrey in Michigan. The herb grows everywhere, so people consider it a weed. Organic gardeners like its green growth and deep roots, which mine minerals from the lower layers of soil.

Most plants are happy with feeding in the top 12 inches of soil. The plants with deep roots bring up those minerals that are out of reach of most plants. Tree leaves are a source of minerals, and so are the big green weeds often cursed, doused with Roundup, and cut down down with electric flails - weed-eaters indeed.

The big velvety Comfrey leaves are attractive, good for composting and mulching.
I suggest caution in using herbs for medicine,
since opinions flourish on the Net.

Comfrey is on my list for the backyard next year. Near the alley, it will be a good screening plant and source for compost and mulch. Pumpkins will grow back there, too. I may grow very large butterfly bushes for a screen with sunflowers helping out while the bushes grow.

If it looks like the foot of a goose, it is goosefoot and good to eat.
I am a weed eater, when I know the weed is a good, healthy plant, related to spinach.

Learning the difference between good weeds and bad ones will help gardening projects. Goosefoot is big and green, with deep roots. Pigweed is similar, but not so nice. If compost and mulch producing plants are growing on their own and sheltering birds, why mow them down and bag them up for garbage?

This could become the official herb of the Church Growth Movement,
started by Karl Barth and Charlotte Kirschbaum,
imported by Fuller Seminary.

Daily Bird Care
Later I want the back part of the yard full of plants that will feed and shelter birds.

For now, I make sure there are many stations for drinking and bathing. A dozen total in the front and back yards always have fresh water from watering, and I dump out dirty water that could shelter mosquitoes.

If there is human food to share, I toss some out among the flowers, to encourage them to stop by regularly. The resident population will be based on food, shelter, and water, so an abundance and variety will encourage more birds and more species. Sassy spits out crust - she will only eat medallions of cinnamon toast, and she leaves some snacks when they do not suit here. Crackers and stale bread might go out in the garden, but I like to toss a few peanuts instead.

Cardinals love to bathe but they are shy, so I will see one at the far end of the yard at this time, but eating at the feeder during the winter.

One Instance of NYT Plagiarism Is Worth an Article,
But WELS-ELS-LCMS Plagiarism Is Supported

N.Y. Times investigating plagiarism charge

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/07/ny-times-investigating-plagiarism-charge-193057.html

The New York Times is reviewing an accusation of plagiarism against veteran reporter Carol Vogel, who was charged with lifting a paragraph from a Wikipedia article for a story about Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo.

The paragraph, discovered by FishbowlNY on Monday, appears in a July 24 article and is almost identical to a passage from the Wikipedia entry on di Cosimo, with minor word swaps and grammatical changes. Gawker's J.K. Trotter flagged the Fishbowl report on Tuesday.

“We’re aware of the situation and are looking into it," Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy said in a statement.

The charge against Vogel comes just days after BuzzFeed Editor Benny Johnson was fired for serial plagiarism. In many instances, Johnson lifted passages directly from Wikipedia. He also copied from news sites, including the Times.

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WELS Church and Changers cannot write,
so they copy and paste their material,
much of it from the Fuller-Willowcreek-Groeschel-Stanley crowd.

GJ - The blessing of plagiarism among LCMS-WELS-ELS clergy should make everyone stop before launching a defense of Holy Mother Synod.

Deputy Doug Engelbrecht--guardian of doctrine at the Anything Goes District of WELS--endorsed and excused plagiarism in a formal essay where he wiggled around more than an Episcopalian bishop.

The WELS district responded to a lawyer's charge of plagiarism against Glende and Ski - by excommunicating the lawyer. WELS' blessing upon this dishonest and illegal behavior is signaled by Glende being a featured speaker at the WELS Teachers Conference. Nota banally - Plagiarism is one of the biggest issues in academics today.

Paul Kelm, David Valleskey, and Waldo Werning led the way by copying what they loved at Fuller Seminary and marketing it as their creativity. WELS-LCMS-ELS rewarded their dishonesty with star status, protection, and baskets of cash.

Jack Cascione and Herman Otten are so dumb that they regarded Paul McCain's verbatim plagiarism from Roman Catholic sources as signs of scholarship. McCain's boss at Concordia Publishing House saw nothing wrong with McCain's plagiarism,denying it reflected on the integrity of their very rich publishing house. Ironic twist - McCain pursues any example of using CPH copyright material. He even blocked an independent book where the accidental use of one (1) CPH graphic had already been removed.

I am still waiting for the email that says,
"You were right."

No public action was taken regarding McCain's repeated plagiarism from The Catholic Encyclopedia and his friends' blog. McCain boss unfriended me on Facebook and told me to stop being so unChristian. Finally McCain erased his entire blog without a word of apology - only lame excuses and more bragging than Toad of Toad Hall.

Cascione, who brandishes his anti-Catholicism, never admitted that he aided and abetted McCain by posting the links to the plagiarism on his dreadful SpenerQuest blog.

I have noticed this about WELS-ELS-LCMS. They pose as eagles glaring at the evil of the world, thousands of miles away, but cannot identify the vermin in their own nests.

Remember the plagiarism flowing from the Great Cloaca of LCMS-ELS-WELS the next times someone is kicked out the ministry and robbed of his income, simply because he dared to question the holiness and infallibility of Holy Mother Synod.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Build a Customer-Centric Church Business To Make More Money.
Even Better - Listen to Pagan Gods Teaching You How To Be Rich!

http://www.christlead.com/speakers.php

From Polluted WELS:

Der Schwarz Schaf said...

This is nothing less than a complete betrayal of everything that is truly and properly Lutheran. That it is put on by various semi-official entities of the WELS, and features at least 2 District Presidents, shows that it has the blessing of the entire administration. Thus, the rot in the synod goes all the way to the top, even if it didn't start there. This is absolutely disgusting. A petition should be started to condemn this. WELS Pastors - where is your confessional loyalty?!

July 30, 2014 at 5:26 AM

Gregory Jackson said...

Buchholz signed the secret Internet petition against Mark Jeske, then endorsed Mark Jeske soon after - at the WELS convention. Hysterically funny and so typical of WELS and Buchie. He did the same with Jeff Gunn, who went from leper to lapdog under the watchful gaze of DP Buchholz.

Ann Rhoades

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Exclusively WSB

Ann Rhoades is a corporate executive with over 25 years’ experience in a variety of service-based industries and is president of People Ink, her consulting company that helps organizations create unique workplace cultures based on values and performance. She held the position of vice president of the People Department for Southwest Airlines and executive vice president of Team Services for Promus Hotel Corporation and most recently, the executive vice president of People for JetBlue Airways where she currently remains as a board member.

Rhoades has a respected reputation in the industry for her creative approach to creating customer-centric cultures. During her tenure with Doubletree Hotels, later Promus Hotel Corporation, she built a service culture focused on delivering outstanding service to guests. During the time Rhoades headed the People Department at Southwest Airlines, she solidified Southwest’s reputation of retaining and hiring the best people in the airline business despite Southwest’s rapid growth during that time.

As one of five founding executives, Rhoades took responsibility for the creation of JetBlue Airways Corporation’s People Team in New York. In her role as head of human resources, Rhoades has been a key member of the executive team, and is extremely successful in her role as internal counsel to executives in every discipline in the organization.

Rhoades is a popular speaker on the subject of customer service and how to build a strong high-performing culture.

Her community involvement includes director on the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Board, University of New Mexico Alumni Association Board, University of New Mexico Presidential Award Advisory Committee, chairman for Safer New Mexico Now and board member of New Mexico Appleseed. Rhoades has formerly served on the boards of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, HireVue, Inc., Restoration Hardware, Accion New Mexico, Albuquerque Community Foundation and the University of New Mexico-Robert O Anderson School of Business National Advisory Board.

Rhoades has a Master of Business Administration degree in Management from the University of New Mexico and her book Built on Values was released in January 2011.

Sharon Buck sells Mary Kay Cosmetics and has a prize-winning (for ugly) websty.

See the Mary Kay content here.

http://www.helmsangels.com/Mundy%20Area%20Debut.pdf

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Did this blog warn about Mark Jeske being involved in occult philosophy? Yes - and above is an example of one of his keynote speakers teaching men. Her claim to fame is the cosmetics company run on Napoleon Hill's occult religion.

Napoleon Hill and Mary Kay - Principle 3.

Mary Kay supporting Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill

Updated Think and Grow Rich
In the original Think and Grow Rich, published in 1937, Hill draws on stories of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other millionaires of his generation to illustrate his principles. In the updated version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., a nationally known author, lecturer, and consultant in human resources management and an expert in applying Hill's thought, deftly interweaves anecdotes of how contemporary millionaires and billionaires, such as Bill Gates, Mary Kay Ash, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, achieved their wealth. Outmoded or arcane terminology and examples are faithfully refreshed to preclude any stumbling blocks to a new generation of readers.

Money Changers at the Religious Conference

Did you think we would forget the loot?
Conferences are all about cash benefits - for us - the noble hosts.

http://www.christlead.com/sponsor.php

2015 Christian Leadership Experience: SPONSORSHIP

A Christian leadership event focused on: Organizational Leadership, Global Health Ministry and Mission Volunteerism.
Our sponsorship program helps to defer expenses and keep the registration cost for our attendees as low as possible.

Presenting Sponsor - $10,000

Logo listed on our event website with link to your website
Premium Booth – Two 8ft. skirted tables in Vendor Foyer in high traffic area
Five (5) Conference Registrations
Introduce Keynote or General Session speaker with 2 minutes to talk about company
Invite to Special Presenters Breakfast or Lunch
Company literature inserted in each attendee folder
Logo on Front of Attendee Folder
Print recognition on select marketing materials and signage
Recognition in Event PowerPoint Presentation
Listed in the Event Program

Gold Sponsor - $5,000

Company name Listed on our event website
Booth – 8ft. skirted table in Vendor Foyer
Three (3) Conference Registrations
Introduce 5 breakout sessions
Company literature inserted in each attendee folder
Logo on Front of Attendee Folder
Print recognition on select marketing materials and signage
Recognition in Event PowerPoint Presentation
Listed in the Event Program

Silver Sponsor - $2,500

Booth – 8ft. skirted table in Vendor Foyer
One (1) Conference Registration
Logo on Front of Attendee Folder
Print recognition on select marketing materials and signage
Recognition in Event PowerPoint Presentation
Listed in the Event Program

Bronze Sponsor - $500

Booth – 8ft. skirted table in Vendor Foyer
Listed in the Event Program

General Contributor - $20-499

Listed in the Event Program

Ichabod Contributor - $0

Denounced by name while others pat themselves on the back for being Confessional.

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Highway robbery,
without the Good Samaritan to help.
Jesus works among believers,
Satan among apostates.

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Kelmed from Polluted WELS:

Anonymous said...

Ok, I don't want to sound too "over the top"....but there is a real pecking order in the WELS. For most called ministers, they have quite a bit of latitude with who and where they associate. But God forbid that one of the lowly parishioners goes to one of their relatives churches (outside of WELS) and admit to reciting the Lord's Prayer, participating in the liturgy, etc...No way, they are too uneducated or unlearned not to be enticed away by other denominations. Oh, but let the "elite" in the WELS associate with whoever they want...if there is an issue, it will be "studied" by the district prez or circuit minister or whoever.

Thanks for letting my vent.

Signed,

Mt Vesuvius

July 29, 2014 at 6:21 PM

Anonymous said...

Maybe I'm missing something, but what exactly is the point of this conference thing?

July 29, 2014 at 7:05 PM

Anonymous said...

Church Growth conference: How to make your congregation indistinguishable in doctrine and practice from the local non-denominational mega-church.

July 29, 2014 at 7:38 PM

Anonymous said...

ok.. so I see the BIG names in WELS. Stroh, Jeske, K. Wendland and a few ELS thrown in. So are these all Lutherans or are there a few "others" thrown in?

July 29, 2014 at 8:09 PM

Yup - WELS Bad Grammar on Jeske Websty

Frequently Axed Questions

Q26: Is the conference open only to CELC* members? *CELC = Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference of which the WELS and ELS are members

A: The 2015 Christian Leadership Experience and its organizing partners are specifically inviting the people who make up our constituency, which is primarily WELS/ELS or CELC. However, the event is open to whomever (sic) is interested in building their leadership skills.

The topic is discussed here.

Using whom and whomever in the wrong place is typical of those with poor training in English. They use "myself" instead of me. They never use "me" as the object of a preposition - "they gave the job to Bob and I."

Theology is the grammar of faith, as Paul Holmer, my professor at Yale, observed. WELS is a good example of bad English grammar and horrible theological grammar.

My conference will be soooo big.

Elton Stroh is teaching Martin Luther College students how to dump the liturgy and creeds
at their big old fuddy-duddy congregations.
Those musty old practices are dated and uninviting.

This is the original photo, before it was edited by WELS
to make the whiteboard writing hard to read.
But they left in the same blonde, the same outfit on Elton.

More from Mark Jeske, Inc. - WELS/ELS Rot Worse Than LCMS

http://www.christlead.com/speakers.php

2015 Christian Leadership Experience - Speakers

Keynote and General Session Speakers
SPEAKER SHARON BUCK Leading a Volunteer Army! READ MORE	SPEAKER DR. RAVI JAYAKARAN Leadership and Empowerment – a Contradiction of Terms? READ MORE	KEYNOTE SPEAKER PASTOR MARK JESKE Transformational Leadership READ MORE	KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANN RHOADES Built on Values READ MORE
Leadership and Change
Presenter 2B JOSH BIRKHOLZ The Future of Christian Stewardship READ MORE	Presenter 2D MATT BUROW Applying Business Principles to Church Work READ MORE	Presenter 4A REV. MARK CARES It Takes Faith to Build a New Ministry READ MORE	Panel Member 6B SUSAN DOHERTY The Christian Woman in Leadership READ MORE	MODERATOR 3A SCOTT GOSTSHOCK What is Effective Leadership in Christian Education? READ MORE
Panel Member 6B WENDY GREENFIELD The Christian Woman in Leadership READ MORE	Presenter 3C & 5C DR. RAVI JAYAKARAN Learning "Total Health Village" Analysis Tools READ MORE	Panel Member 3A DR. DAN JOHNSON What is Effective Leadership in Christian Education? READ MORE	Presenter 6A MIKE KLATT Facing Facts and Changing the Course of your Ministry READ MORE	Presenter 5A DAN KUNZ Collaboration in Ministry READ MORE
Presenter 1B TIM LEHMAN Applying Business Principles to Church Work READ MORE	Presenter 4B MARILYN MILLER Applying Leadership Lessons from Nehemiah in Today's World READ MORE	Presenter 1A ARVID SCHWARTZ Board Leadership Qualities in Non-Profits READ MORE	Presenter 2A & 3B PASTOR ELTON STROH Do Metrics Belong in Church? READ MORE	Panel Member 6B KATE TOHAL The Christian Woman in Leadership READ MORE
Panel Member 3A HENRY TYSON What is Effective Leadership in Christian Education READ MORE	Presenter 5B KATHIE WENDLAND Christian Woman in Leadership in the Church and Secular World READ MORE	Presenter 2B ART WESTPHAL The Future of Christian Stewardship READ MORE	Panel Member 3A REV. MARK ZARLING What is Effective Leadership in Christian Education? READ MORE
Outreach and Evangelism
Presenter 1E PASTOR TIM FLUNKER Working in a Cross-Cultural Kingdom READ MORE	Presenter 6D LAURA HARSTAD Be "Salt!" READ MORE	Presenter 4E BILL KESSEL Apache: A Mission Example READ MORE	Presenter 5E REV. DON MOLDSTAD Millennials on a Mission READ MORE	Presenter 6D MICK SCHEUER Be "Salt!" READ MORE
Presenter 2E ROCHELLE TRAUB It Only Takes a SPARK READ MORE
Global and Community Health
Panel Member 1C DR. REBEKAH CAREY Improving the Health of Your Congregation and Community READ MORE	Presenter 2C JUAN DIAZ The "Sombrero for the Teenage Mind READ MORE	Panel Member 1C AMANDA PALTZER Peer Support for Diabetes READ MORE	Panel Member 1C JASON PALTZER Improving the Health of Your Community and Congregation READ MORE	Presenter 4C PASTOR DAN SCHMIDT Utilizing Community Resources for Outreach READ MORE
Presenter 6C DAN SCHWARTZ Community Agriculture Methods READ MORE
Building and Expanding
Presenter 3D JARED JUSTMAN Building Financing READ MORE	Presenter 1D & 5D JOHN LAUTZ Builders For Christ: Concept to Completion READ MORE	Presenter 4D HERB MEHNE What does it mean to volunteer with Builders For Christ READ MORE
Worship Leaders
Worship Leader REV. JON BUCHHOLZ Emmanuel Lutheran, Tempe, AZ	Worship Leader REV. CHARLES DEGNER St. Peter Lutheran, St. Peter, MN	Worship Leader PASTOR DON MOLDSTAD Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN	Worship Leader PASTOR MARK JESKE St. Marcus Lutheran, Milwaukee, WI	Worship Leader JOHN SEBALD Arizona Lutheran Academy, Phoenix, AZ
Worship Band SON BAND PROVIDING THE WORSHIP MUSIC FOR THE EVENT

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