Denominational Affiliation
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Ordained: 1979 |
Education
Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT| | Rockefeller Brothers Fellowship |
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M.Div., 1977
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The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
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B.A., 1974
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Professional Positions
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Luther Seminary | 2001- |
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Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN | 2004- |
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ELCA | 1999-2001 |
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Christ Lutheran Church,
Ohio University, Athens, OH | 1984-1999 |
| | Pastor
Lutheran Campus Pastor
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St. Paul Lutheran Church, Alpena, MI | 1979-1984 |
| | Associate Pastor
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Professional and Related Activities
Community Service
Institutional Review Board (research involving human subjects), Ohio University, community representative, 1994-1998
Ethics Advisory Committee, Athens County Visiting Nurses Association, member, 1996-1999
O'Bleness Hospital Chaplains Association, 1996-1999
Religious Campus Organizations, Ohio University, founding member and president, 1997-1999
Youth soccer coach, Athens City Parks & Recreation (1-17 record), 1995-1997
Athens County Habitat for Humanity, organizer and board member, 1990-1995
Athens County Children Services Board, chair, 1987-1994
Professional Involvements
Fund for Theological Education –Congregational Recruitment Project, ELCA
leadership team, 2002-present
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America-Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Discussion Panel, member, 1999-present
Adjunct Faculty, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, teaching the introductory worship
course, Winter and Spring 1999
Discipline Committee, Southern Ohio Synod, 1996-present
Ohio Candidacy Committee, 1988-1995
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Study of Confirmation, chairperson,
1989-1993
Institute for Mission in the USA, board member, 1986-1994
Board of Publications, Lutheran Church in America, 1987-1988
Standing Committee on Inter-Church Relations, American Lutheran Church,
1982-1984
Commission for a New Lutheran Church, Task Force on Theology, member,
1982-1983
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Board of Directors, 1982-1984
Presentations
Pastor-to-Pastor program in Southwestern Minnesota Synod, ELCA,
"Reinventing the Pastoral Vocation", two presentations on the vocation of the ordained in relationship to the vocation of the baptized, Gustavus Adolphus College, October 2004
FTE Congregational Fellows Conference, "Tending the Holy: Spirituality in the Life of A Seminarian", July 2004
Minnesota ELCA Women Clergy Conference, Keynote Presentation, June 2004
Upstate New York Synod Assembly, Keynote Presentation and Bible Study Leader, "Hope for Today: Young Adults and the Church", June 1998
(video available)
PreLenten Clergy Retreat, Niagara Frontier Conference (Upstate New York Synod), six presentations on confirmation ministry, February 1995
North/West Lower Michigan Synod Assembly, catechist for two presentations on Justification, May 1994
ELCA Churchwide Assembly, catechist with Dr. Timothy Lull, five daily presentations on "Gift of the Creed", August 1993, Kansas City
Heartland Conference at Midland Lutheran College, four presentations on "Confirmation Ministry: (Re)Forming Faith in the Parish, July 1992, Fremont, Nebraska
Publications
Articles and Essays
“Confessing Together”, Lutheran Women Today, March 1994
“Telling the Truth: Introducing Death and Resurrection to The Young”, Word and World, Winter 1991
“Psalm 90: A Look At Time For Life And Death”, Entrée, January 1990
“Suicide: A Transformation Drive For The Soul?”, Entrée, January 1986
Audio/Video
“Whence Confirmation?”, audiotape for Resource, August 1991
“The Magnificat: An Exegetical Commentary”, audiotape for Resource, 1987
Courses Taught
Women in Ministry, Luther Seminary
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2004, 2005
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Cross-Cultural Study in Guatemala, Luther Seminary
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2003, 2004, 2005
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Grammar of Discipleship, Luther Seminary
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2002, 2003, 2004
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