Director of Center for Ecological Regeneration and Robert and Marilyn Degler McClean Associate Professor of Theology and Practice at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College, and PhD and Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University. He teaches theology and ethics, focusing on relation of Christian doctrine to environmental, economic, political, and social change. His most recent publications include Rooted in Grounded Love: Holy Communion for the Whole Creation and The Economy of Salvation: Essays in Honor of M. Douglas Meeks. A trained Methodist elder, permaculturalist, UMC Earthkeeper and co-chair of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies.
He lives in St. Paul with spouse Becky and has two grown children.