Eric the Lutheran

Eric Wolf is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and his family lives in Sudbury, MA. He’s interested in discovering new avenues of faith formation, walking with leaders to grow to their potential, and is currently writing a book called Myth of a Dying Church, and a companion book of poems and songs called Psalms of a Western Orthodoxy. The argument is that the Church isn’t dying, or even particularly transforming, so much as correcting course toward beloved community. Jesus invites us into community as he invites the disciples, “Follow me.”

“By building community first, we provide a touchstone for people who usually feel alone in their efforts. We live into an example of the Church at its best — a place of welcome and belonging in the name of Jesus, where we struggle with what it  means to be God’s people during a time in life when we all feel so disconnected from everything. It’s in these places of isolation, wandering, and fear that we encounter God in powerful ways — together.”

Eric describes himself more of a metaphysician than a theologian, because his theology is rooted in the principle that God is eternally creating the instant that spans the breadth of time.