Contributors Charlie Clauss

Charlie Clauss

Charlie Clauss was born in San Francisco and came of age in Georgia. Now he has lived in Minneapolis longer than anywhere else. His family belonged to Lutheran Church in America congregations, which became part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

When Charlie and his wife arrived in Colorado Springs in the mid to late 1990s, they joined an Episcopal church. Living in the South, with a Baptist church on every corner, Charlie was a Lutheran. Now living in Minnesota, with a Lutheran church on every corner, he is an Episcopalian.

He has served on the vestry and as warden at Messiah Episcopal Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Charlie tried being an engineer (Georgia Tech, chemical engineering, 1984). Then he tried teaching high school (Teacher Education Certificate, math, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1988). And back to engineering (University of Minnesota, MS, civil engineering, 1996). He has taken classes at Trinity School for Ministry.

From 1997 to 2015, Charlie worked for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Graduate Student and Faculty Ministry, doing campus work in Minnesota.

He works as a technical support representative for a humidification company.

When he is not reading with a cat curled up nearby, playing volleyball, playing in a flight simulator, watching science fiction, or keeping up with his two daughters, Charlie is probably surfing the web.

From Abraham to Cornelius

April 15, 2018

Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church

When Peter met Cornelius, he entered into what God has been up to since he called Abraham.

Scene of the Crime

February 16, 2018

Commentary, Music, The Episcopal Church

On our own, we cannot get back to the Garden. In the word picture of Genesis, angels with flaming swords block any path back.

Wonder Woman, naïveté, and original sin

August 1, 2017

Movies, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church

Are we basically good? Are we fundamentally corrupt? Are there other options?

Are Christians superstitious?

June 23, 2017

Commentary, The Episcopal Church

One of the most handy words the skeptic can throw at the religious person is "superstitious."

An engineer looks at prayer: God at the center

December 8, 2016

Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

I have been released from the pressure of treating prayer like an engineer getting stuff done.

An engineer looks at prayer: ‘Getting stuff done’

December 7, 2016

Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

As an engineer I tended to view prayer as another way to make and/or fix stuff.

All you need is (God’s) love: Atonement and the Cross

August 16, 2016

Bible, Commentary

God’s love is something counter-cultural, offensive, and ego-insulting. It is not free, but costly.

Two loves in Jesus Christ Superstar

April 14, 2016

I can’t help it. In Lent I usually feel nostalgic for the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. One of my older siblings got it right after it came out in the early ’70s. I liked it. No, I loved it. Forgive me if ... Read More...