I’m an ELCA pastor, currently serving as co-pastor with Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN.

Born in Nebraska and mostly raised in Minnesota, I attended Luther College in Iowa and then spent two years as an ELCA Young Adult in Global Mission in London, England, serving in a small Methodist church whose members were mostly from the Caribbean and West Africa. After that, I earned my M.Div. at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA and have been back in Minnesota ever since. I grew up in rural environments, and as a pastor have served congregations in rural, suburban, and urban contexts.

I love to travel (alone and with others), and I share my home with a sweet cockapoo named Magnus, who stays with my parents when he can’t join in on my travels.