Lecturers

Mark Brocker

Brief Academic and Professional History

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, BA magna cum laude in Philosophy (1979); Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Master of Divinity (1985); University of Chicago Divinity School Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (1996); Lead Pastor, St. Andrew Lutheran Church (Beaverton, OR; 2005– ); Lecturer in Theology and Ethics, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (2003– ); Advisory Faculty (Christian Ethics), Northwest House of Theological Studies (Salem, OR; 2000– )

Select Special Service

Synod Council, Southwestern Washington Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2003–2005); Chair, Bishop’s Convocation, Southwestern Washington Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2003–2005); member of American Academy of Religion, International Bonhoeffer Society, Society of Christian Ethics; Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works Editorial Board, Legacy Portland Hospitals Clinical Ethics Program (1994–2000), Affiliated Learning Project of Lutheran Educational Network and Support (LENS)

Kyle Schiefelbein

Brief Academic and Professional History

BA summa cum laude, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, German Studies and History (2003); MDiv, Luther Seminary (2007); PhD in progress, Graduate Theological Union; Project Manager, Church Innovations Institute, St. Paul, MN (2004-07); Teaching Assistant, Luther Seminary (2005-07); Licensed Minister of Word and Sacrament, St. John Lutheran Church, Morgan, MN (2005); Teaching Assistant/Associate, PLTS (2007-); Lecturer in Liturgical and Theological Studies, PLTS (2011-)

Select Publications

  • “The Experience of Grace Revealed to the Church: Tillich and Rahner on Method and Sacrament,” Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society 36, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 22-27.
  • “‘Receive this Oil as a Sign of Forgiveness and Healing’: A Brief History of the Anointing of the Sick and Its Use in Lutheran Worship,” Word & World 30, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 51-62.
  • ”The Theology of Atonement in Eastern Orthodoxy and Lutheranism Viewed through Hymnody,” Dialog 48, no. 4 (Winter 2009): 330-339.

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