Award

I just returned home from the 2025 Institute of Liturgical Studies (ILS), held at my and Kent’s undergraduate alma mater, Valparaiso University. It was my honor to introduce the recipient of the Christus Rex Award, Max Johnson, pictured (center) with ILS Director and VU Campus Pastor Jim Wetzstein (left) and moi (right). Max, like Phoebe named in Romans 16:2, “has been a helper of many and of myself as well.” Early in my graduate school days, Max encouraged me to boil down my master’ thesis to article length and helped get it published. Thirty some years later, he graciously agreed to write a foreword for Kent’s and my forthcoming book, Journey to Jesus.

The book is now available for pre-order! Click here for the link.