As in many places, the Waukesha School Board is in turmoil. A policy that removed safe space signage from school classrooms has remained harmfully vague and ineptly managed since the beginning of the school year. In addition, there have been public controversies about our school system not implementing food programs…

A Christmas Fable for 2021 — For the People of Waukesha & Remembering Rev. Fred It’s my tradition here at St. Matthias to write a Christmas story every year. This is my 13th. This year was particularly hard for those of us in Waukesha. Not only did we have COVID to contend with, but the tragedy at our Christmas Parade has left us all…

Why Policy Matters — LGBTQIA+ Intimidation and Bullying at Waukesha West High School On Friday, October 1st, an incident occurred at Waukesha West High School. My daughter, an openly out part of the LGBTQIA+ Community (who has given me explicit permission to share this story), was at lunch. ”One of the kids involved in Gay-Straight Alliance had been handing out Pride flags at…

My reflection for the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee’s first meeting after the Ceasefire in the Holy Land. As I thought about chairing this meeting, one thing has been hanging over my head — the fact that since our last cabinet meeting, conflict has erupted in the Middle East, specifically the Holy Land. It seems like proceeding without mention of this conflict would be ignoring the elephant in…

Reflection for the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee program for the COVID crisis in India May 7, 2021 Facebook video: https://fb.watch/5l53PgoqsU/ I am a Christian leader in the Episcopal Church, but I am here today as the Chair of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, an organization that represents over twenty different faith traditions in the Greater Milwaukee area. Our membership includes communities from multiple…

A Reflection for the Greater Milwaukee Sikh Community in the Wake of the Indianapolis Shooting April 21, 2021 — Sikh Gurdwara of Brookfield I am a Christian leader in the Episcopal Church, but I come before you today as the Chair of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, an organization that represents over twenty different faith traditions in the Greater Milwaukee area. Our membership includes…

Break open our Hearts: Prayer on Behalf of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee at a Prayer Service in Kenosha, Wisconsin I am a Christian leader in the Episcopal Tradition, but I come before you today as the Chair of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, an organization that represents over twenty different faith traditions in the Greater Milwaukee area. Our membership includes communities from multiple strains of the Islamic…

The church is called to nothing less than walking on water, and faithful Christians throughout the ages have been able to achieve the miraculous by keeping their eyes on Jesus.

Juneteenth and Addressing White Guilt On June 19th, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston Texas and proclaimed, “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal…