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I am available to you for your event or need as:  Consultant for Worship, Church Conflict, Parish Renewal, as well as a Lecturer/Guest Speaker on Discernment & Church Leadership, Bible Study Leader, Workshop Leader, Teacher, Preacher, Writer.  Click the Email link on the home page of this website.

About the Author

Background: Prior to becoming a pastor in 1987, I had a 15-year career in publications, serving as an editor and publisher of suburban weekly newspapers, general manager of a daily newspaper and publishing company, and later a consultant in publications and print media management.

All these skills combined to serve me well as a parish pastor and redeveloper, serving parishes in Indiana, Kentucky, and Florida. As a pastor-redeveloper, I have a keen understanding of the central role of God's call in the life of a church and have worked with numerous pastors and parishes to assist them in discerning God's call and developing new direction for ministry.  Since 2011, I have been training and mentoring pastors for Transition/Interim Ministry in the Florida-Bahamas Synod, ELCA, having served for 15 years as an intentional interim pastor specializing in turnaround work for troubled parishes seeking renewal and new direction.  Prior to that, from 2002 to 2007, I served the Bishop's staff of the Florida-Bahamas Synod as Director of Communications.  From 2008-2011, I also served in a part-time capacity on the Bishop's staff of the Indiana-Kentucky Synod, ELCA to plan, develop and initiate a $1 million fund and capital campaign to assist with the support and training of pastors.

My worship and music interest span over 50 years of study, writing, lecturing, teaching, leading workshops, and assisting committees, pastors, parishes, and synods throughout the ELCA. I am a professional musician and a published composer (Augsburg Fortress and GIA) and have served as Worship Consultant to the Florida-Bahamas Synod and the Indiana-Kentucky Synod, ELCA.

This website receives an average of 10,000 hits per month and is presently a linked resource for numerous synods and denominations, as well as other liturgy and sermon preparation websites.  See also my YouTube channel on Renewing God's People at YouTube.com/@RevTLW.