Who is the Modern Liturgist?

Born and raised in Germany, I received my formal theological education at the universities of Mainz and Munich. In 1996 I came to Pittsburgh for an urban internship and subsequently joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I was an inner city pastor in Philadelphia from 1997 through 2007 and have since served at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in North Wales, a small town northwest of Philly. I am married with three wonderful children. Our Bernese mountain dog “Winter” is the biggest baby in the family.

I started writing liturgy and liturgical pieces around 2008, primarily for use in my small congregation in North Wales. A Sabbatical and PSP grant in 2016 allowed me to dig deeper and give thoughtful consideration to the use of alternative creeds in worship.