I'm a pastor & church-planter in one of the American Lutheran denominations, currently the lead pastor of an ancient-future community church in the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. My wife & I have been married over 20 years and have lived abroad (France & Germany) twice. We have 2 teenage sons who beat us in video games, and we both love traveling, hiking, languages and reading. I also love learning, landscaping, and leadership. And alliteration.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm the only extrovert in a family of four, and I embarrass my kids by talking to strangers. So for their sake, when I travel alone, I'd like to use couchsurfing to try to get to know new friends of different backgrounds and perspectives.

Interests

• politics
• reading
• traveling
• volunteer work
• hiking
• history
• languages
• religion
• religious tourism
• europe
• landscaping
• luther
• world vision

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went from being a couch potato to running my first Half Marathon after I turned 50-- does that count? I was running to raise money for Team World Vision.

Teach, Learn, Share

Philosophy: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States