I have been pastor
at Grace Lutheran since August 1st of
2003. Prior to coming to Grace, I served five
years in Intentional Interim Ministry in Iowa
and Minnesota, after serving seventeen years in
a parish in North Dakota and five years in a
parish near Detroit Lakes.
My favorite Bible
verse in from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians,
chapter 2, verse 8. “For by grace you have been
saved through faith, and this is not your own
doing, it is the gift of God.”
My favorite
memory can’t be held to just one, but a number
of memories, depending on my mood or situation.
However, one is from childhood. I am driving a
tractor and wagon in from the hayfield as
evening is coming on, knowing that we had
completed not just the work for the day but also
finished the field. The sun’s ray are softening,
giving a sense of rest and harmony to me as I
looked at the fields, trees and farmyard
buildings.