Welcome! The title of this blog is a play on words – a combination of my last name and the theological discipline of eschatology (the study of the last things, i.e., end times).

I am one of the pastors at Immanuel Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia.You will find here some of my sermons, along with  theological ideas and quotations, and the random observation on life in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

A few other things about me: I’ve been married to Kassie (nee Adams) since 1996; I graduated from Hopkins High School (Minnesota) in 1989, from Berklee College (Boston, Mass.) in 1993 (Bachelor of Music), from Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, IN) in 1997 (Master of Divinity), and was ordained in 1998 at Bethel Lutheran Church, DuQuoin Illinois. I came to Immanuel in 2001. I also received the Master of Sacred Theology degree at CTSFW in 2005.

In my spare time I enjoy reading, playing the piano, listening to music, reading, tinkering with my iPad, and watching or listening to Twins, Wild, and Capitals games.

You can send me an email, but I probably won’t answer. Please don’t take it personally.