Six years ago, I applied for the position of editor of The Lutheran.
I prepared writing and editing samples with care and brushed up on the
latest religion news in anticipation of interview questions. I left the
meeting with the magazine’s advisory committee with a confidence rarely
experienced.
Then the selection news came. I counted not
being chosen editor as a major lost career opportunity, one I didn’t
think would present itself again.
When news of David Miller’s
departure as editor came this summer, I hesitated—a little. Would it be
worth the risk of further anticipation only to end again in
disappointment? The challenge, the excitement, the responsibility of
editing The Lutheran was too much for this cradle Lutheran, who takes the priesthood of all believers seriously, to resist.
So
here I am. As a journalist (newspapers) most of my adult life with a
brief stint in public affairs for the federal judiciary, I’m “at home”
in the magazine’s newsroom on Higgins Road.
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