If you’re interested in having me speak to your church, college, library, or other group, I’m ready to start filling my speaking schedule for 2023-2024. Click here to learn more about potential topics, including the past, present, and future of evangelicalism, advice to Christian families searching for colleges, the rise of the “spiritual but not religious” in American life, and historical and religious perspectives on the war in Ukraine. Email me to schedule a class or talk.
Upcoming Events
April 7 & 14, 2024
“The Reformations Beyond Luther,” adult class at Christ Lutheran Church, Lake Elmo, MN
May 3-5, 2024
“Clouds of Witnesses,” men’s weekend retreat for First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN
June 9, 2024
Talk on the Psalms, Roseville (MN) Lutheran Church
July 28, 2024
Adult class on the relationship between sports and Christianity, First Baptist Church, Cambridge, MN
October 4-5, 2024
Multi-day event sharing college advice for Christian families, hosted by Pascal Study Center at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
October 9-12, 2024
Program chair, “Christian Historians and Their Contexts,” Biennial Meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
February 16 & 23, 2025
Adult class at First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN.
Recent Speaking Engagements
February 25, 2024
“Rekindling the Gift of Faith” (2 Timothy 1:1-7), sermon at Salem Covenant Church, New Brighton, MN
January 21 & 28, 2024
“The 1619 Project: American Origins and the Meaning of History,” adult class at First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN
January 14, 2024
“A Movement of the Holy Spirit” (Ezekiel 36-37), sermon at Iglesia Evangélica El Shadai, North St. Paul, MN
October 8 & 15, 2023
Adult class at Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN
May 5-7, 2023
“Turning Points,” men’s weekend retreat for First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN — held at Oak Forest Center in Frederic, WI
April 13, 2023
“Seeing Minnesota History Through the Life of Charles A. Lindbergh,” invited talk at Washington County Heritage Center, Stillwater, MN
February 12 & 26, 2023
“The War in Ukraine… One Year Later,” adult forum at Trinity Lutheran Church, Stillwater, MN
January 22 & 29, 2023
“The 1619 Project and the Meaning of History,” adult forum at Christ Lutheran Church, Lake Elmo, MN
January 14, 2023
“The Religious World of Young Charles Lindbergh,” Snapshot Saturday presentation for Charles Lindbergh House and Museum, Little Falls, MN (Facebook Live)
November 27 / December 4 & 11, 2022
“The Past, Present, and Future of Evangelicalism,” D-Term series at First Covenant Church, River Falls, WI
October 30 & November 6, 2022
“Christian Perspectives on the Cold War,” adult education class at First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN
October 9, 2022
“The Pietist Option: Hope for Renewal amid Fears of Decline,” Christ Lutheran Church, Lake Elmo, MN
September 9, 2022
Brief interview about the death of Queen Elizabeth II, WCCO Mornings
May 20, 2022
Address at Bethel University’s Baccalaureate service
May 5, 2022
Panel discussion of the war in Ukraine, Bethel University Model United Nations club
April 20, 2022
“‘Just the Same as Never Before’: Bethel at 150,” meeting of adult, graduate, and seminary faculty, Bethel University
March 30-April 2, 2022
Biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, Baylor University, Waco, TX
March 20, 2022
“Evangelicalism: The History of a Contentious Term,” adult forum at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN
March 13, 2022
“The Spiritual Stories of Charles and Anne Lindbergh,” adult forum at Roseville (MN) Lutheran Church
March 9, 2022
Interview about the history of Ukraine and Russia, The Paul & Jordana Show, WCCO-AM Radio
March 6, 2022
“Spiritual But Not Religious in America: Past and Present,” adult forum at Roseville (MN) Lutheran Church
February 26, 2022
Brief interview about Russian invasion of Ukraine, KARE 11 Saturday
February 12, 2022
Anoka County Library Local Author Fair, Northtown Library, Blaine, MN
January 21, 2022
“Conversations at the Crossroads” talk about history, religion, and Charles Lindbergh, Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center, Gettysburg, PA (Zoom)
January 10, 2022
Kairos talk on Charles Lindbergh, Incarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview, MN
December 12 & 19, 2021
“The Spiritual Story of Charles Lindbergh,” First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN
October 2, 2021
Lindbergh interview on The Pat Williams Power Hour (WTLN 990 AM, Orlando)
September 20 & 27, October 4 & 11, 2021
“‘Evangelical’: Past, Present, and Future,” Faith 20/20 class, Salem Covenant Church, New Brighton, MN, 10:10am
September 14, 2021
“The Education of Charles Lindbergh,” Bethel University Library, St. Paul, MN
August 24, 2021
Keynote address to college faculty retreat (“Let the Tension Remain“), Bethel University
March 25, 2021
Discussing Pietism and higher ed with new faculty group, North Park University, Chicago, IL
March 18, 2021
Faith and the Humanities talk on Charles Lindbergh, Colonial Church, Edina, MN
March 7 & 14, 2021
Adult education class on Pietism, First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, MN
January 29, 2021
Keynote speaker, “The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education,” Evangelische Hochschule Tabor, Marburg, Germany
April 5, 2020
“Hope for Better Times: The Pietist Option for Lutherans,” Roseville Lutheran Church, Roseville, MN [converted into an online video series after COVID-19 led to the class being cancelled]
November 8, 2019
“The Pietist Option for Bethel” (chapel talk on Luke 24), Bethel University
November 3, 2019
“What Is an Evangelical?”, Incarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview, MN
October 27, 2019
“A Mighty Fortress” (sermon on Psalm 46) and “What Can the Reformation Teach Us Today? Complicated Lessons for a Polarized Age” (adult class), First Covenant Church, St. Paul, MN
October 2, 2019
“The Value of the Christian Liberal Arts,” Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
April 11, 2019
“From ‘Queen of the Sciences’ to ‘One of the Humanities’: Theology among the Liberal Arts,” Twin Cities Area Undergraduate Bible & Theology Conference, Bethel University
March 26, 2019
“Thinking in Public” (with Sam Mulberry), Bethel University Library
November 18 & 25, 2018
“The Pietist Option for Lutherans,” Incarnation Lutheran Church, Shoreview, MN
October 29, 2018
“Silent Night: A Soldier’s Humanity and the Impact of World War I,” panel discussion co-hosted by Minnesota Opera and MinnPost, Westminster Hall, Minneapolis, MN
October 4-6, 2018
“The Distribution Problem for Christian Scholars” and “Non-Traditional Spiritual Biographies,” biennial meeting of the Conference on Faith and History at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
August 2018
“The Pietist Option for Baptists,” four-week adult Sunday School class, Central Baptist Church, St. Paul, MN
July 1, 2018
“Freedom in Christ” (sermon on Galatians 5), Cape Cod Covenant Church, Brewster, MA
June 24, 2018
“Stories of Hope: Joseph… and Judah” (sermon on Genesis 37-50) and “Why the Covenant Church Is ‘The Pietist Option in Practice'” (book discussion), Evangelical Covenant Church, Attleboro, MA
June 17, 2018
“A New Song” (sermon on Psalm 96), First Congregational Church, Litchfield, CT
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