Education

• B.A. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, 2000
• M. Div. Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI, 2004
• S.T.M. Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI, 2018

Background

I grew up in Winthrop, Minnesota, before going on to study for the ministry. For 17 years, I was privileged to serve God’s people at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Neenah, Wisconsin, before accepting a call to teach theology at WLC in 2021. My wife, Kari, is a teacher, and we have a daughter, Elizabeth. My interests include reading, various sports, traveling, cooking, and making an occasional batch of wine or mead.

Teaching

• Introduction to Scripture
• Genesis
• Old Testament Prophets
• Pauline Epistles
• History of Christianity

Research Interests

I enjoy studying all aspects of church history, but my main area of interest is the Reformation era, especially in Germany. I also have an interest in translating German theological and devotional writings, which have often been from German Lutherans in America. Other areas of interest include:

• Theology as habitus practicus
• Hermeneutics
• Hymnody
• History of the Early Church 
• American and European Lutheranism

Scholarly Works

Publications, Translator

“The One Great Sin,” August Pieper Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly 111, no. 1 (Winter 2014)

“The One Great Thought of God,” August Pieper Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly 111, no. 3 (Summer 2014)

Conference Presentations

“Caritas and koinonia: A Consideration of Christian Love and its Connection to Church Fellowship” Fox River Valley Conference of the Northern Wisconsin District of the Wisconsin Synod, Appleton, WI, September 2009

“Luther’s Call to Action: A Consideration of To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation” A Symposium on Martin Luther’s 1520 Treatises at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI September 2020

Service

• WELS Hymnology Curriculum Committee, 2009-2020
• Contributor to Four Branches Review, 2017-2018
• Chair, Fox River Valley Conference of the Northern Wisconsin District of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Fall 2018-Spring 2021
• Martin Luther College Alumni Association Board, member since 2014, vice president 2015-2018, president since 2018
• Editorial Associate for Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology, since 2020