Posts Tagged ‘Lutheran’

Pastor as Bouncer, Bouncer as Pastor

Pastor as Bouncer, Bouncer as Pastor
The other day a friend of mine told me about the time when he was working as a bouncer at a bar. He was studying theology at a university in southeast England at the time. It was the seventies, at the height of the Disco Era. He went on to become a Lutheran pastor. This struck me as hilarious. My friend...
March 19th, 2012 | Becoming the Great Us, Essays | Read More

The Day I Went Back to Church

The Day I Went Back to Church
I grew up in Minnesota.  I grew up Lutheran. I sang in the Lutheran church choir. I went to Lutheran Bible camp. Every Sunday, every Wednesday I was there, and very Lutheran. I sat in the second row with my Lutheran family. I even had my first kiss in the Lutheran church nursery — it was after...
December 7th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More