I am a lay-person and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). I have continued my education and enjoy exploring issues of theology and the emerging church movement. I am the co-founder of Laundry Love Rockford and am currently serving as the president of Rockford Area Lutheran Ministries.
During the summer of 2022 I will be serving as interim leader of Garden Prairie United Church of Christ in Garden Prairie, IL. I plan on using this online space to explore new ways of engaging people with the gospel and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ that has had such a positive impact in my own life. Once I start at Garden Prairie UCC (mid-June) you will be able to view the text of each Sunday's sermon along with all the citations, footnotes and references. Your feedback and comments are both welcome and encouraged! Until then I will try and regularly post some of my own writing along with interesting articles and news.
I am married to a wonderful man named David. David is my rock, my spiritual cheerleader and he accompanies me on this journey.
For the theology nerds out there I would describe my personal views as a hybrid of Queer Theology and Liberation Theology. Many of my views, and certainly my worship practices, are pretty traditional. I often find that I am the most liberal person and the most conservative person in the room...at exactly the same time.
I am glad you're here! Using the comments feature on each post is a great way to begin a conversation. May God bless us on our journey together.
P.S. I say 'NOT' Pastor Bob because I am NOT a Pastor. Sometimes I preach or lead worship. Sometimes I teach and lead discussions and now I have been asked....temporarily...to lead a church. But I am not ordained and, at least at this point, don't have any plans to pursue that. Many of my friends are Pastors and we have a fantastic one at our home church. They worked really hard to use that title and I feel like my using it would diminish their work and dedication.
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