Thank you for taking time to browse the web site of Christ Lutheran Church of the Deaf, Silver Spring, Maryland.   Be sure to check our Bible study archive and take a look at recent issues of the Mustard Seed, our monthly newsletter.  If you have questions or suggestions, I welcome your feedback.

I have served as Pastor of Christ/Deaf and a chaplain at Gallaudet University since September 2001, arriving here with my family only one week before 9/11. 

Previously, I served in Lutheran Deaf ministry in Illinois and Texas.  While in Texas, I served on the board of the local professional interpreters' organization affiliated with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), and I taught in the interpreter training program of the Dallas Community College system.

I trained for Deaf ministry at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, graduating in 1976.  Part of my early training brought me to the Gallaudet graduate school.  Little did I expect that I would one day return to fill the shoes of those who had mentored me.

My first field of service was in Northern Illinois, where I met and married Georganne Potter.  Georganne can sign and is at home in the fellowship of Deaf Christians.  She is a great encouragement and support for my ministry.