Reflection on the Election of Donald Trump as 45th President

November 10, 2016, Dear Friends and Family of the Diocese of Eau Claire, Most past presidential elections have been predictable. They reflected the polls. Tuesday’s election defied that pattern. By all accounts, rural America turned out in record numbers and voted for Donald Trump. In January he will be the 45th President of the United…

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We are Family!

September 29, 2016, Dear Friends and Family of the Diocese of Eau Claire, We may be a small diocese, but it seems we are doing some things right! Nearly all the dioceses throughout the Episcopal Church declined in this past reporting year of 2015. We grew by 1.6%. Why are we different? Answering that question…

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Violence in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis, and Dallas

July 9, 2016, Dear Friends and Family of the Diocese of Eau Claire, The two killings of two African American citizens by police in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis earlier this week followed on Thursday night by the murder of five police officers in Dallas left me and most of our country stunned. On an almost…

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Orlando

June 15, 2016, Dear Friends and Family of the Diocese of Eau Claire, Several days have now passed since the killing of 49 people in Orlando. At this writing 27 others are in the hospital trying to recover from their wounds. This has been done in the name of ISIS and Islamic terrorism. The killer…

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The Jesus Movement!

April 8, 2016, Dear Friends and Family of the Diocese of Eau Claire, Last month at the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops’ Spring Retreat, our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, asked us to think about the word “movement” when Jesus said the word “kingdom.” What I realized is that kingdom is very much a noun symbolizing…

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