- Forming Lutherans
- Institute of Liturgical Studies
- North America Academy of Liturgy
- Lutheran Pilgrimage
- Lutheran Diaconal Association
- Flight 93
Teaching Experience
- Professor Emerita Spring 2021-
Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota - Term Professor of Religion and Interdisciplinary Studies Fall 2008-Fall 2020
Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota - Adjunct Faculty Fall 2004-Fall 2007
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota - Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion 2002-2004
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota - Faculty Associate Spring 2002
Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota - Adjunct Faculty Fall 2001
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota - Guest Instructor 1995-1998; Spring 2000, 2002
Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Publications
- “Confirmation” in Encyclopedia of Protestantism. Edited by Hans Hillerbrand. New York: Routledge, 2003.
- Review of Confirmation: Engaging Lutheran Foundations and Practices (Augsburg Fortress, 1999) in Lutheran Quarterly (2001): 368-71.
- Contributor in
Sundays and Seasons 2004 (Augsburg Fortress, 2003)
Sundays and Seasons 2002 (Augsburg Fortress, 2001)
Sundays and Seasons 2001 (Augsburg Fortress, 2000)
Sundays and Seasons 2000 (Augsburg Fortress, 1999) - “Worship among Lutherans: A House Divided,” Studia Liturgica 25 (1995): 174-191.
Memberships
- American Academy of Religion
- Institute of Liturgical Studies Advisory Council, Valparaiso, Indiana
- Lutheran Deaconess Association
- Lutheran Deaconess Conference
- North American Academy of Liturgy
Education
- Th.D. Church History, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
- M.A. Liturgical Studies, St. John’s University School of Theology, Collegeville, Minnesota
- B.A. Theology major (with honors), Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana