Pastor - Rev. John Rollefson

John Rollefson, a native of Oconomowoc, Is a retired ELCA pastor having served urban and campus congregations in San Francisco, Milwaukee, Ann Arbor and Los Angeles with interims in Solvang and London. His schooling has taken him from Decorah to New Haven to Edinburgh, and from London to Berkeley, with stops along the way at Collegeville and Cambridge, Mass.

He lives in San Luis Obispo on California’s central coast with his wife Ruth, a retired vocal music teacher and church musician. They have two grown sons who live with their families in Cork, Ireland and Shorewood, WI. They are expecting their fourth grandchild in October.

John is the author of a trilogy of books, Postils for Preaching: Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary, Years A, B & C and reviews books for the journal Currents in Theology and Mission.