Bruce Rahtjen, 1933-2010

You can read more about Fr. Bruce here, if you like. He was fishing in a lake outside Topeka Sunday, when he disappeared. Searchers looked for him for 2 days, and his body was found this morning (Tuesday).

Fr. Bruce was the pastor of St. Mary's when Matt and I started going there. He married us in 1993, as well, and helped us get to seminary. He was a renowned Biblical scholar and former professor, who had done some groundbreaking work on...was it Ephesians? Anyway, if you read any contemporary books on Paul's letters, they all quote Bruce Rahtjen's work.

I hope he finds the peace he was seeking. Please pray for him, as well as for Joanne and his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. We probably won't go to the funeral, but I'm sure it will be a lovely one.