“In a world filled with terror, a world that’s been closing door after door in the name of security, someone needs to say we still think this world is beautiful. One way to do that is to fling our doors wide open and say, like Jesus boldly said, ‘Come.’” - from sermon preached at the opening of the church renovations

Pastor David remembers preaching a sermon on youth Sunday in 1986 attending junior high and worshiping at Edina Community Lutheran Church in suburban Minneapolis. The church ladies greeted him afterward, “Oh David, we’re so glad you’ve decided to become a pastor.” He’s spent his life running from those words. He grew up in suburbia planning to become a lawyer. He went to Dartmouth planning to become an Olympic rower. And he accepted a grant to Harvard Divinity School planning to explore “deeper meaning” and indulge an academic career. So much for planning … God, and the church ladies it seems, have the last word.

David is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He was called to Lake Park Lutheran Church in 1999. He plays guitar and sings sappy songs and loves to discuss Augustine and Luther, especially after taking a sauna. David is married to Jennifer, a philosophy professor at Mt. Mary college, and they have three beautiful children Luke (born 2000), Phoebe (born 2001) and Hope (born 2005). Two dogs also make his life nuts.

“The maker of man was made man, so that the ruler of the stars might be a babe at the breast” - St. AugustineRecent sermons and articles by Pastor David (link to Lake Park sermons)

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