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Doctors once gave Kaity Klemp little chance of walking or talking or being fully functional. In July, she’s planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
The bishop of the United Methodist Church in Wisconsin said Tuesday that he disagrees with a national group of conservative clergy and theologians who believe the denomination is headed toward an inevitable schism over the homosexuality debate that has vexed the church for four decades. Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, who oversees the Wisconsin Conference, said the majority of Methodists would resist such a split and that it would be harmful to the denomination.
At the Alliant Energy Center — just across John Nolen Drive from Olin Park, where thousands of people once regularly gathered for the Wisconsin Sunday School Assembly meetings — a thousand people gathered this morning for a Brat Fest worship service.”Welcome to the first-ever community wide worship service during Brat Fest,” said Blackhawk Fitchburg pastor John Rosensteel, as he gave a greeting to open the service at 8:45am.
In a meeting with Madison pastor Alex Gee today he revealed that he had not chosen the title for his December “Justified Anger” newspaper column in the Capital Times that has started a movement to address racial disparities in Madison. He acknowledged that some people are uncomfortable with anger. But, he said, “There’s no way you can identify injustices and not be angry about them.”Gee is not angry in demeanor. But as a long time resident of Madison, he has lost patience with the conditions that are holding back the city’s minority residents. He has examples from his own life…
A Wisconsin megachurch pastor hopes to entertain some of Hollywood’s A-list crowd at the Cannes Film Festival in France where he plans to present his popular and humorous “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage” seminar.
The World’s Largest Brat Fest, a secular staple in Madison since 1983, is expanding its focus this year and bringing in a religious element. The event is adding a fifth stage that will offer Christian music and speakers. And for the first time, a communitywide worship service will be held.
Steve Hayner, a Madison resident while he was president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and later on the pastoral staff of Highpoint Church, is facing a tough battle with pancreative cancer. Hayner is currently president of Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian Church USA) in Decatur Georgia.
Given social media developments like sexting and the prevalence of online pornography, I was curious what an abstinence talk to teenagers looks like these days. Jeffrey Dean, a pastor and national youth speaker who recently spent several days in the Madison area talking to teenagers, provided one case study. During an assembly at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, he addressed the boys and girls in the bleachers separately.
It could be said that the best draft pick the Green Bay Packers ever made was their first round pick in 2005, when they grabbed Aaron Rodgers from the University of California-Berkeley. The transition from Brett Favre to Rodgers in 2008 was a little sticky but it soon became apparent Rodgers was the right choice. Not only is Rodgers perhaps the best quarterback in the game today, his character stands out amongst professional athletes of all sports. And now we know why.
With half his collegiate career in the rearview mirror, Wisconsin’s Traevon Jackson knew a change was in order. This kind of post-season soul-searching often leads players of his caliber to recommit themselves to the game. Some gain a renewed dedication with a quest to earn more playing time or establish themselves as the team’s dominant leader. Others decide to take their talents to a different program. But last summer, the junior-to-be knew that any change he was going to make would occur away from basketball.