CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2010- Associate Professor of Worship and Christian Spirituality
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH

2005-2010  Assistant Professor of Worship and Christian Spirituality
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH

2001-2005 Research Scholar, Project in Clergy Education Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA

2003-2005        Lecturer, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA
(Adjunct Professor, 1997-2001)

2002-2003             Adjunct Professor
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

1993-1994        Interim Pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church
Charles City, IA

1990-1993        Pastor, St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Readlyn, IA

EDUCATION:

2001            Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA       
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (Area: Christian Spirituality)

1990            Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Master of Divinity; ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on October 21, 1990   

1985            Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
Bachelor of Arts, Summa cum laude
Majors: Religion and German

1983-1984        Study in Theology and German Literature            
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, Germany

DOCTORAL PROGRAM:

Languages: German and French (primary competence); Greek (secondary competence)

General Comprehensive Exams:
•    History of Christian Spirituality: Covering all 20 centuries, but with emphasis on
Reformation and Modern periods, and special focus on Luther
•    Biblical Spirituality: Themes within Hebrew and Christian scriptures; specialization in
Psalms and John

Special Comprehensive Exams:
•    Literary Theory/Genre Criticism: Erotic mystical imagery within 17th century German
Lutheran hymnody
•    Jewish Spirituality: M. Falk’s Book of Blessings as a contemporary feminist reworking
of traditional berakhah prayer
•    Christian Spirituality (major research paper): “Theosis of the Body: A Lutheran
Eucharistic Theology”
Chair: Arthur Holder

Dissertation: Reading from the Underside of Selfhood: Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation
Chair: Sandra Schneiders

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Winter 2007        Seminar on Inter-Professional Care, Ohio State University

Winter 2006 -         Full-time teaching at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH: Introduction to Worship; Christian Spirituality and Prayer; Spirituality and the Arts; Bonhoeffer; Monastic Spirituality; Lutheran Spirituality; Theological German

Fall 2003 and        “Christian Resistance to Evil”
Summer 2002         Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

January 2001        “Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” (team-taught with Mark Brocker)
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA

June 1999        “Bonhoeffer for the Contemporary Church” (team-taught with Mark Brocker, Wayne Whitson Floyd, and Martin Rumscheidt)
Graduate Theological Union/Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Fall 1999 and        “Introduction to Christian Spirituality” (assisting Arthur Holder)
Fall 1998        Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA

January 2000 and    “Church and State in Bonhoeffer” (assisting Mark Brocker)
January 1999        “Late Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” (assisting Mark Brocker)
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
1995 - present        Guest Lecturer on Bonhoeffer, Lutheran spirituality, worship, and/or the academic study of Christian spirituality
Classes taught by Timothy Lull (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary), Sandra Schneiders (Graduate Theological Union), Arthur Holder (GTU), Francis X. McAloon, SJ (Santa Clara University), James Limburg (PLTS), various professors (Trinity Lutheran Seminary).

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

Books:
Reading from the Underside of Selfhood: Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation.  Princeton Theological Monograph Series.  Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications/Wipf & Stock, 2009.

40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich. Minneapolis: Augsburg Books, 2008.

Truly Present: Practicing Prayer in the Liturgy. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2005.  

With Charles Foster, et al. (second author). Educating Clergy: Teaching Practices and the Pastoral Imagination. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Translation:
Letters and Papers from Prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, volume 8, ed. John W. de Gruchy (one of four translators). Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010.

[Forthcoming] “1 and 2 Chronicles: In the Court of Women,” by Maria-Theres Wacker; “The Gospel According to John: Spaces for Women,” by Ruth Habermann; and  “The Gospel According to Mary: Mary Magdalene as Beloved Disciple and Representative of Jesus,” by Judith Hartenstein and Silke Petersen.  In Reading for Our Lives: Compendium of Feminist Biblical Interpretation.  Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Conspiracy and Imprisonment: 1940-1945.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, volume 16, ed. Mark S. Brocker.  Minneapolis: Fortress Press, June 2006.  Sole translator.  Winner: Top Ten Book of 2006, Academy of Parish Clergy.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Who Am I?  Poetic Insights on Personal Identity [with Martin Rumscheidt]. Minneapolis: Augsburg Books, 2005.


Scholarly Essays and Articles:
“New Creation: The Revised Common Lectionary and the Earth’s Paschal Life.” Liturgy 27/2 (April-June 2012): 3-16.

[Forthcoming] “‘There’s Some Contradiction Here’: Gender and the Relation of Above and Below in Bonhoeffer.” In Interpreting Bonhoeffer: Essays on Method and Approaches, ed. Peter Frick. International Bonhoeffer Interpretations Series. Berne/Berlin: Peter Lang.

“For the Life of the World: Toward the Next Ten Years of Spiritus.”  Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 10 (Fall 2010): 287-92.

“Con-Formation with Christ: Bonhoeffer, Social Location, and Embodiment.” In Being Human, Becoming Human: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Social Thought, ed. Jens Zimmermann and Brian Gregor, 188-202. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Books/Wipf & Stock, 2010.

“Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45), Life Together.” In Christian Spirituality: The Classics, ed. Arthur Holder, 329-40. London and New York: Routledge, 2010.

“Spirituality: Overview.” In The Encyclopedia of Christianity, 5 vols., ed. Erwin Fahlbusch, Jan Milič Lochman†, John Mbiti, Jaroslav Pelikan†, and Lukas Vischer; translated and edited in English by Geoffrey W. Bromiley; statistical editor, David B. Barrett; vol. 5 (Sh–Z), 159-61. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; Leiden: Brill, 1999-2007.

“To Sing the Mystical Union: ‘Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen’.” CrossAccent 15/2 (August 2007): 40-49.  One in 2007 “Accent on Paul Gerhardt” series.

“Jesus For You: A Feminist Reading Of Bonhoeffer’s Christology.” Currents in Theology and Mission 34/4 (August 2007): 250-59.

“Particularity, Incarnation, and Discernment: Bonhoeffer’s ‘Christmas’ Spirituality.” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 2/1 (2007): 53-61.

“Christ in Us: A Response to Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen.” Currents in Theology and Mission 34:2 (April 2007): 97-100, presented at LSTC, February 2006.

“Bonhoeffer’s Late Spirituality: Challenge, Limit, and Treasure.”  Journal of Lutheran Ethics (December 2006): http://www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Social-Issues/Journal-of-Lutheran-Ethics/Issues/December-2006/Bonhoeffers-Late-Spirituality-Challenge-Limit-and-Treasure.aspx.

“The Genre of Gender: Gender and the Academic Study of Christian Spirituality.”  In Exploring Christian Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM, ed. Bruce H. Lescher and Elizabeth Liebert, SNJM, 98-118.  Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2006.

“Blessings for Times and Seasons: Marcia Falk’s Feminist Berakhot,” Liturgy 21/4 (August 2006): 3-10.

“Reading from the Underside of Selfhood: Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation.”  In Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality, ed. Elizabeth A. Dreyer and Mark S. Burrows, 249-66. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. 

“Bonhoeffer and Resistance to Evil.”  Journal of Lutheran Ethics (July 2003): http://www.elca.org/scriptlib/dcs/jle/article.asp?aid=59.
“Probing the Will of God: Bonhoeffer and Discernment.” Dialog 41/1 (Spring 2002): 42-49.

“Reading from the Underside of Selfhood: Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation.” Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality, I/2 (Fall 2001): 186-203.

“Teaching Christian Spirituality in Seminaries Today” (with Arthur Holder). Christian Spirituality Bulletin 7 (Fall/Winter 1999): 9-12.

“Spirituality in Lutheran Perspective: Much to Offer, Much to Learn.” Word & World 18 (Winter 1998): 68-75.


Reviews:
Review of Jeffrey C. Pugh, Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Turbulent Times (London and New York: T&T Clark, 2008), in Trinity Seminary Review and International Bonhoeffer Society Newsletter 102 (Fall 2011): 4-5.

Review of Who Am I? Bonhoeffer’s Theology through his Poetry, ed. Bernd Wannenwetsch (London/New York: T&T Clark, 2009), for Dialog  50/3 (Fall 2011): 322-24.

Review of Through the Year with Martin Luther: A Selection of Sermons Celebrating the Feasts and Seasons of the Christian Year (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2007), for Religious Studies Review – forthcoming.

“A Lutheran Response to Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life,” by Robert Davis Hughes III (New York: Continuum, 2008), Sewanee Theological Review 53/3 (Pentecost 2010): 359-64.

“Books and Bytes” (feature column, reviewing 7 recent books on worship), The Clergy Journal LXXV/8 (November/December 2009): 49-52.

Review of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, London: 1933-1935, ed. Keith Clements, trans. Isabel Best. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, volume 13 (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008), in Trinity Seminary Review 30/2 (Summer/Fall 2009), 135-6.

Review of Geffrey B. Kelly, Reading Bonhoeffer: A Guide to His Spiritual Classics and Selected Writings on Peace, Cascade Companions volume 6 (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2008). In The International Bonhoeffer Society Newsletter 95 (Winter 2009): 12-13.

Review of Gordon Lathrop, The Pastor: A Spirituality (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).  In Interpretation 61/3 (July 2007): 345f.

“Lutheran Spirituality: Three New Windows.”  Review article: Bradley P. Holt, Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality, second edition (Fortress, 2004); John W. Matthews, Anxious Souls Will Ask: The Christ-Centered Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Eerdmans, 2005); and Spirituality: Toward a 21st Century Lutheran Understanding, ed. Kirsi Stjerna and Brooks Schramm (Lutheran University Press, 2004).  In Trinity Seminary Review 27 (Winter/Spring 2006): 37-45.

Review of Craig J. Slane, Bonhoeffer as Martyr: Social Responsibility and Modern Christian Commitment (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2004).  In Lutheran Quarterly XIX/3 (Autumn 2005): 369-72.

Review of Geffrey B. Kelly and F. Burton Nelson, The Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 4/2 (Fall 2004): 239-41.

Peer Reviews:
For Journal of Religious Ethics, October 2010.

For Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality: “Dag Hammarskjöld and Markings: A Reconsideration,” April 2010.

For (Wabash Center) Teaching Theology and Religion: “Let Us Pray: Classroom Worship in Theological Education,” December 2009. 

For Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality, February 2007.

For Journal of Jewish Education, October 2006.


Publicity Endorsements:
For John Matthews, Bonhoeffer (Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2012).

For Timothy Hessel-Robinson and Ray Maria McNamara, Nature and Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality in a Time of Ecological Uncertainty, Princeton Theological Monograph Series (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Books/Wipf & Stock, 2011).

For Peter Frick, ed., Bonhoeffer: Meditation and Prayer (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2009).

For Jonathan Linman, Holy Conversation: Spirituality for Worship (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010).

For Stephen J. Haynes and Lori Brandt Hale, Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2009).

For Ron Klug, ed., 40-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 2007).



Articles in Church Press:

In The Lutheran: 
“Sacraments,” co-authored with Christian Scharen (April 2012): 18-19.
“Bonhoeffer: The Call of Discipleship” (February 2006): 15-18, https://www1067.ssldomain.com/thelutheran/article/article.cfm?article_id=5714; 
“‘We Do Not Know What to Do, But Our Eyes Are on Thee’: Bonhoeffer and Discernment” (April 2005): 26-29, http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article_buy.cfm?article_id=5039;
“A Passionate Journey” (March 2005): 6, http://www.thelutheran.org/0503/page6.html; 
“Playing and Dancing with Children: Hopes for the Church of the Future” (September 2003): 6, http://www.thelutheran.org/0309/page6.html;
“Incarnation” (December 2000): 25, http://www.thelutheran.org/0012/page25.html;
Why Did God Create Us in the First Place?” (June 2000): 19, http://www.thelutheran.org/0006/page19.html. 

In Lutheran Woman Today:
“Acting Boldly: Dietrich Bonhoeffer” (April 2006): 26-27.

In Today’s Parish:
“O Antiphon” [poem] (November/December 2005): 36.

ACADEMIC SERVICE:

November 2011-    Co-Chair, Christian Spirituality Group
American Academy of Religion

November 2011-    Member, Editorial Board for Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality.

November 2011    Committee Member, Ph.D. Dissertation and Defense
Tone Stangeland Kaufman, A New Old Spirituality
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, Norway

September 2011    Outside Reviewer, Tenure/Promotion Peer Review
Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX

June 2011        Outside Reader, D.Min. Dissertation   
San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA

November 2009-    Steering Committee Member, Christian Spirituality Group
American Academy of Religion

November 2009    Presider/Respondent, “Bonhoeffer as a Resource for Feminist Thought: Problems and Possibilities.”  AAR session of the Bonhoeffer Group.

October 2008 - 2011    Governing Board member, Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
(2011- present: Ex officio, as co-chair of AAR Spirituality Group)

October 2008 -    Steering Committee Member, Green Seminary Initiative

October 2008        Presider, “Race, Power, and Prayer: U.S. Influences on Bonhoeffer”
AAR session of the Bonhoeffer Group

November 2006-2010    Board Member, International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section

November 2006    Presider, “Which Bonhoeffer?  For Whom?”
AAR Session of the Bonhoeffer Group

2002 - 2008        Co-Chair, Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Group, American Academy of Religion (successful review of Bonhoeffer Group in 2004)

November 2002    Presider, “Bonhoeffer, Community, and Politics”
AAR Session of the Bonhoeffer Group

2001 - 2008        Steering Committee Member, Bonhoeffer Group
American Academy of Religion

1996-97        Steering Committee Member, Christian Spirituality Group
American Academy of Religion

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Academy of Religion (1995- )
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (1995- )
International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society (1996- )
Spiritual Directors International (2003- )
American Educational Research Association (2004-2005)
North American Academy of Liturgy (visitor, 2006-09; member, 2010- )
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (2008- )

FELLOWSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

June 2011        Pacific University MFA Residency (Poetry)
Forest Grove, OR

June 2010        Kenyon Review Writer’s Workshop (Poetry)
Gambier, OH

Summer 2008        Wabash Fellow (Seven-Week Summer Research Fellowship)
Topic: “Sources in Lutheran Spirituality”

2007-2008        Pre-Tenure Seminary Faculty Workshop
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

SCHOLARLY PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

International:
November 2011    “Bonhoeffer and Gender”
Working Group in Systematic and Practical Theology
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Olso, Norway

November 2011    “Bonhoeffer, Spirituality, and Selfhood: Separative and Soluble”
Seminar, Department of Practical Theology
MF Norwegian School of Theology.

November 2009    “Teaching Bach: Encounter with Jesus our Desire, our Passion, and (yes) our Umbrella.” Joint AAR session of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and the Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies.  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

November 2009     Invited Response to Robert Davis Hughes III, Beloved Dust: Tides of the Spirit in the Christian Life.  Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians.  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

October 2006        “Bonhoeffer’s Late Spirituality: ‘Challenge, Limit, and Treasure’”
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Ontario, Canada.

September 2005    Invited Respondent to Christiane Tietz, “Sin, Shame, and Knowledge in Bonhoeffer.”  Copenhagen Bonhoeffer Symposium, Copenhagen University, Denmark.

July 2003        “Spiritual Formation in U.S. Clergy Education: Preliminary Observations”
ECHO Consultation on Theological Education, Oxford University, U.K.


U.S.:
November 2011    “Spirituality in Translation”
Panel Session of the Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Group:
“Discovering Bonhoeffer in Translation: New Insights from the Bonhoeffer Works English Edition”
American Academy of Religion, San Francisco, CA

January 2011        “New Creation: The Revised Common Lectionary and Rooting in Earth”
Liturgy and Ecology Seminar, North American Academy of Liturgy
San Francisco, CA
(first presented in January 2010 to the Liturgical Language Seminar, NAAL meeting in Milwaukee, WI)

January 2009         “Lutheran Liturgical Spirituality”
Lutheran Pre-Gathering of the North American Academy of Liturgy
Baltimore, MD

November 2006    Panelist, Syllabus/Pedagogy Session “Teaching the Introductory Course in Christian Spirituality,” Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, Washington, D.C.

September 2006    “’The Challenge, the Limit, and the Treasure’: Spirituality of Volume 16”
Founders Day, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA.

September 2006    “Particularity, Incarnation, and Discernment: Bonhoeffer’s Christmas Spirituality,” Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College/ Hebrew College/Andover-Newton Theological Seminary/U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Boston, MA.

February 2006        Invited Respondent to Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, “’Drinking from the Same Wells with Orthodox and Catholics’: Insights from the Finnish Interpretation of Luther's Theology.”  Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, “Christ In Us: Wellsprings of Lutheran Spirituality” Conference.

November 2005    “Jesus For You: A Feminist Reading of Bonhoeffer’s Christology” Lutheran Women in Theological Studies, American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, PA.

November 2005    “Educating for the Professions,” panel on Carnegie clergy study
Society of Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, PA.

April 2004        “Teaching Practice: A Cross-Professional Perspective” (one of four presenters), American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

March 2003        Respondent to Renate Wind: “Bonhoeffer and Resistance to Evil”
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.

November 2000    “Reading from the Underside of Selfhood: Bonhoeffer and Spiritual Formation” (subsequently published in Spiritus)
Bonhoeffer Group, American Academy of Religion, Nashville, TN.

December 1999    Respondent to Marcia Falk: “Jewish Feminism and Berakhot: A Christian Perspective,” Colloquium, Center for Jewish Studies/Center for Women and Religion, Berkeley, CA.

May 1999        Presentation of Research Results, ATS-funded study on master’s level pedagogy in Christian spirituality (research conducted with Arthur Holder)
Colloquium, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.

Spring 1995        “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Contemporary Christian Martyr?”
American Academy of Religion, Western Region, San Diego, CA
Winner, Best Student Paper Award.

CHURCH SERVICE AND TEACHING:

October 2011        “Living Faithfully with Courage” (Three keynote lectures)
Oregon Synod, ELCA, annual intergenerational leadership event
and Visiting Theologian, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Salem, OR

October 2010        “A Community of Leaders: Bonhoeffer for 21st Century Lutherans”
Sierra Pacific Synod Professional Leadership Conference
Lake Tahoe, CA  (Two keynote presentations)

July 2010        “Spirituality for a New Millennium” (Three lectures)
Great Lakes Theological Academy, Traverse City, MI

June 2010        Keynote Speaker and Preacher, Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration
Lutheran Volunteer Corps, Washington, DC

April 2010        “Walking the Way: An Assembly for Spiritual Pilgrims”
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod Assembly (three keynote lectures)
New Orleans, LA

April 2010        “Lutheran Spirituality: Luther and Bonhoeffer for Today’s Church”
Northwest-Lower Michigan Synod, ELCA
Lansing, MI
Two workshops (three-hour clergy + eight-hour clergy-and-lay)

February 2010        Transformational Leadership Initiative, Retreat Co-Leader   
Procter Center, London, OH

July 2009        “Living Worship: Practicing Prayer in Liturgy and Life”
Center for Anglican Leadership and Learning
Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA

June 2009        “Spirituality of the Psalms”
Lay School of Theology, NW and SW Pennsylvania Synods, ELCA

November 2008    “Bonhoeffer and Resistance”
Cincinnati ELCA Ministerium, Cincinnati, OH

Lent 2009        “Christian Contemplative Prayer Practices”
Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbus, OH, and Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Worthington, OH (five sessions)

September 2008    “Bonhoeffer and the Christian Spiritual Life” (two sessions)
Messiah Lutheran Church, Reynoldsburg, OH

May 2008        “Worship and Prayer” (three presentations)
Synodically Authorized Lay Ministry Retreat, NW Ohio Synod, ELCA

April 2008        “Spiritual Practices for Life in Ministry” (three retreat presentations)
First Call Retreat, Indiana-Kentucky Synod, ELCA
Indianapolis, IN

April 2008        “Gates of the Spirit: ‘Windows, Doors, Portals’”
Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus, OH

September 2007    “Lutheran Spirituality: Overview and Case Study” (two keynote addresses and panel), Metro Chicago Synod Professional Leadership Event

August 2007        “Psalms and the Christian Spiritual Life” (10 hours teaching)
Lay Missionary Training Program, NW Lower Michigan Synod, ELCA
Midland, MI

August 2007        Contemplative Prayer Leader
ELCA Worship Jubilee, Chicago, IL

July 2007        “Listening for God: Bonhoeffer and the Life of Faith”
Lecture, Fling Wide the Door Series
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

June 2007        “Bonhoeffer, the Pastor, and Spirituality” (two keynote addresses), Minneapolis Area Clergy Event, Augsburg College
Minneapolis, MN

April 2007        “Silence and the Word,” Pre-Institute Seminar Workshop
Institute of Liturgical Studies, Valparaiso, IN

January 2007 -        Member, ELCA Consultation on “Book of Faith” (Theological Education Group), Chicago, IL

Calendar Year 2007     Consultant on spiritual practices, discernment, and leadership with the Lutheran Volunteer Corps via “Volunteers Exploring Vocation” (funded by Lilly Endowment through the Fund for Theological Education)

January 2007        “Spirituality of the Cross” (workshop), Ministry Institute
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH

September 2006    “Storms Rage About Us: Resources for Hopeful Living” (two keynote addresses), Clergy/lay retreat, Lakeside, OH

August 2006        “Contemplative Prayer Practices” (two sessions)
Alumni Retreat, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH

July 2006        “Contemplative Liturgy” (workshop), Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, regional gathering, Columbus, OH – also preaching and presiding for plenary ALCM Eucharist.
April 2006:        “Contemplative Liturgy,” Workshop, Institute for Liturgical Studies
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

March/April 2006    “Practices of Contemplative Prayer” (five-week Lenten series)
Messiah Lutheran Church, Reynoldsburg, OH

February 2006        “Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” (two presentations)
Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, OH

November 2005    Featured author (of Truly Present) in on-line book discussion
ELCA Department of Communications/LutherLink

October 2004        “Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” (all-day workshop)
Advent Lutheran Church, Morgan Hill, CA
Center for Spiritual Formation and Theological Education

May 2004        “Bonhoeffer, Gender, Violence: Pastoral Implications” (clergy event) and
“Bonhoeffer and Discernment” (lay event)
Northern Rockies Institute of Theology, Montana Synod, ELCA

February 2004        “Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” (all-day workshop)
Center for Spiritual Formation and Theological Education, Palo Alto, CA

April 2003        “Bonhoeffer and Christian Resistance to Evil” (three keynote addresses),
Montana Synod (ELCA) Rostered Leaders’ Retreat

April 2003        “Bonhoeffer and the Way of the Cross”
Lutheran/Episcopal Campus Ministry, Stanford University

Spring 2003        “Christian Discernment” (five-session course)
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

2003 - 2005        Co-Chair, Lutheran Volunteer Corps Support Committee, Berkeley, CA

2002 - 2005        Board Member, Center for Spiritual Formation and Theological Education, Palo Alto, CA (PLTS Representative on Board)

May 2002         Consultant, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
Topic: Vocation and Spiritual Direction

April 2002         “Bonhoeffer and Christian Community” (five keynote addresses)
South Central Synod of Wisconsin (ELCA) Rostered Leaders’ Retreat

Winter 2002        “Bonhoeffer, Spirituality, and Justice” (three-week adult forum)
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco

October 2001        “Bonhoeffer and Resistance,” Presentation to Peninsula Conference Assembly, San Mateo, CA

August 2001         “Seminary and Spiritual Formation,” PLTS Orientation (all-day retreat)

May 2001        “Spirituality of Bonhoeffer: Resistance and Grace” (three presentations)
Tri-State Forum, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA

Winter 2001        “Bonhoeffer for Christian Community” (six session course)
Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

2000 - 2002        Co-Chair of Worship Committee
St. Mark Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

August 2000        Spiritual Director, JSTB orientation retreat for new students (6 days)
El Retiro San Iigo Jesuit Retreat House, Los Altos, CA

November 1999    “Lutheran Spirituality for the Women of the ELCA”
and April 2000    Synodical WELCA Convention; Regional WELCA Meeting

August 1999        “Spirituality of Bonhoeffer”
Work-Study Week, PLTS, Berkeley, CA

July 1999        Certification in Spiritual Direction
Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
(Subsequent ongoing ministry of spiritual direction)

September 1998    Founders’ Day Workshop: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Translation Project Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA

June 1998        Life Together Conference (assisting Mark Brocker)
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

January 1998        “Bonhoeffer’s Life Together: Implications for Christian Community”
St. Mark Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA (four session course)

1996-1998        Member of Board; Chair of Mutual Ministry Committee
Resurrection Lutheran Church, Oakland, CA

March 1997        “Lutheran Spirituality: A Circle of Grace”
Retired Pastors’ Conference, San Damiano Retreat Center, Dublin, CA

October 1996        TV interview on Luther and Lutheranism, Mosaic, Bay Area CBS affiliate (with Timothy Lull)

January and        “Christian Mysticism”
April 1996        Trinity Lutheran Church, Alameda; St. Paul Lutheran Churc