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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:19:51 -0500
From: Steve Kemp <75022.2036@compuserve.com>
Subject: New Member
I want to take a minute and introduce myself. I attend Celebration
Lutheran Church in Peoria, Arizona. Paul Nelson is the Pastor there and
had great things to say about the discussions on this listserve. I am very
excited to finally get on this listserve because
I am not very computer literate. This is a real adventure for me.
I have found the discussion of the last week very interesting and thought
provoking. I look forward to being a part of this listserve.
Sincerly, Joy L. Kemp 75022.2036@compuserve.com.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:26:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: KLEINHANS@wartburg.edu
Quick intro first. I'm Kit (short for Kathryn) Kleinhans, ELCA pastor with
M.Div. from Seminex and Ph.D. from Emory, and Assistant Prof of Religion at
Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, where I live with my pastor-husband Alan
Schulz and our sons Christopher (age 6) and Paul (age 4).
On to the query, addressed to Greg Singleton and to whomever else...
Greg and I are good friends who know each other's histories fairly well, but
there was one piece of info in his introduction to this lists that I don't
think I'd heard him mention before. Quoting Greg:
>two decisive things happened to me at the age of 19.
>
> 1) I took a history course in the Reformation and was immediately
> enthralled by one Dr. Luther. I've been an avid reader of his
> work ever since.
Greg, can you remember what you found so immediately enthralling about Luther
as a college student? The question has less to do with scholarly depth than
with a teacher asking a student "What was the hook that pulled you in?" I find
so much of Luther so deeply interesting that it's hard to put myself in the
shoes of a college student who's being exposed to Luther for the first time,
and not with any particular prior interest (which is, alas, the case for more
than a few students in required religion courses at this ELCA school).
Although Greg's intro prompted my question, I'd welcome response from others
(converts to Lutheranism as well as non-Lutherans) re: what "hooks" in Luther
and/or Lutheranism you find/found most compelling.
Pax et gaudium!
Kit Kleinhans
kleinhans@wartburg.edu
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 96 09:32 EDT
From:George.Koch@suadmin.syr.edu
Some of you already know who I am, but since I am new on this list, I'll go
through the biographical mantra again. I have been on Lthrn-l for about a year
and have stayed with it through its changes. Then, about a month ago, I
"usubscribed" because my family and I did a long vacation through the mountain
states and when I resubscribed last week, I noticed that many of the
"regulars" on the old Lthrn-l weren't posting. Then Greg Singleton made a
reference to this list, and here I am.
As for who "I" am, I'm George Koch, the Lutheran Campus Pastor (ELCA) at
Syracuse University, one of the larger private (many think it is a state
school) universities in the country with 15,000 full time students on this
campus. My ministry is funded primarily by ELCA with a smaller funding by
LC-MS (campus ministry is one of the few places where inter-lutheran
cooperation is working well).
I am a native of the Philadelphia suburbs, my wife of 22 years is from New
England we met at Susquehanna University. For seven years I designed large
computer systems for a major insurance company while I was writing the great
american novel on the side. Then the Spirit (i think) told me that God had
other plans for me. I followed the call into seminary and into a succession
of parishes in New England. After 14 years in the parish, my contact work with
Wesleyan University whetted my appetite for campus work and ... here I am.
I serve on the Steering Committee of the ELCA Work Group on Science and
Technology, and edit its newsletter, WORKS, a *FREE* newsletter for those
interested in faith and science issues. I am also planning, in conjunction
with the Ecumenical Roundtable for Science, Technology and the Church, for a
major conference here at Syracuse in '97 (Aug. 11-14th) regarding faith and
science issues.
My wife and I have two teenagers via Korean adoption. My hobbies are guitar,
sailing, camping, hiking and I have been known to take out my frustrations on
tennis and golf balls.
With Lthrn-l dealing so heavily with LC-MS issues these days, it's good to
have a list like elca-l. I look forward to posting as time permits.
George Koch, Lutheran Campus Pastor at Syracuse University
P.S. We are always looking for writers for our WORKS newsletter. If you have
the bug to write about faith and science issues, let me know. Thanks.
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