Ross Larson has taught religion and public speech at Carthage since 1991. He has served as a Lutheran pastor in Chicago, St. Louis and Racine, Wis.; on the staff of the Metro Chicago Synod of the ELCA; and as co-director of post-doctoral education at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. He is proprietor of Gener/age of Racine, a consultation service on ministry for the aging, and was a staff writer for The Clergy Journal magazine. He is a resident of Racine, Wis.