The trek to the Call

It's been a long time, about 30 years or so, that I can recall my first call to ministry. It's kind of weird as you don't realize it at the time, but there it was, God calling you to his work. I was a Catholic at the time and I didn't think about it like that at all. It was more like "wonderment" at what was happening at Mass and the grandeur that it is. I thought about it for a while then just brushed it off as nothing. It again came to me when I was sixteen I and felt compelled to think more about it so I asked some questions to the church leaders and was discouraged at their answers so I, again, put the whole thing on the back burner. Not long after that I began to date Judy and attending church with her. It was St Paul's Lutheran church (in good old Crookston, MN) and I enjoyed the service and the fellowship and best of all the members of her church were able to answer many of the questions that I had about their faith. I looked forward to attending church with Judy, but just as much, the fulfillment I felt during and after worship.

Many years, several churches and a couple of children later Judy and I find ourselves at Hopeful Lutheran Church in Florence KY. I began to become very involved in the church and I felt, from time to time, that call come back to me. Then about November (2008) I began to feel the urgency of my call and could no longer ignore it. That urgency is what has brought me to where I am today. I have filed the paper work, been interviewed a few times, taken 4 hours of psych evaluation tests and am visiting Seminaries to determine where I (with God's help) would like to study.

And now I get to wait for the next step.