California Swing—New Colleagues

Last week (March 12-15, 2007) I was on the road in warm and sunny California with some of my colleagues, from the admissions staffs, of the other seven seminaries; many of whom are new to their positions in the last year, so let me introduce you to them:

From left to right in the front row:
Me; Ruth Prieto, Warburg Seminary, Dubuque, IA & The Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest, Austin, TX (a seminary extension program); Joy MacDonald Coltvet, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, IL;

From left to right in the back row:
Greg Schaefer, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA; Jenny Tomalka, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC; Mark Olsen, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, PA.

We are visiting the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angels. This Cathedral was begun in 1998 and dedicated in 2002. Inside is a gorgeous worship space.

It also is the burial sight of actor Gregory Peck best known for his part as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

It was a delight traveling with these colleagues and having a chance to work along side them and get to know them better.