Aaron was born in Fond du Lac, WI, the fourth of five children. He graduated from Winnebago Lutheran Academy in 1999, then enrolled at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN. There, he earned a B.A. in Communications with a minor in English in 2003. After a number of other endeavors, including a year at Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, he attended Marquette University, where, in 2016, he earned a Master’s degree in English.
In addition to his work at St. John’s, he has taught various courses in English and Communications at Bethany Lutheran College, Marquette University, and Wisconsin Lutheran College, where he currently teaches writing. He has been serving at St. John’s since 2017.
With the spare time he has, Aaron enjoys working outside, cooking, reading, writing, playing board games, and rough housing with his children. He and his wife, Sarah, have been happily married for twenty years, and are the proud parents of four children.
