Darin Wiebe
Darin Wiebe is Pastor at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in West Bend, WI. You can see his robot army at flickr.com/photos/friarjunk/. Darin created Anti-Workbook content for re:form Traditions and Ancestors. Darin reports his youth ministry superpower as “a psyche impenetrable to the fact that youth do not think I am cool.
Family: wife, Rev. Joy Mortensen-Wiebe; daughters, Elida and Julia; two Labradors, George and Phoebe
Voted the re:form contributor most likely to: be mistaken for Max Headroom
3 words that describe you: I build robots.
3 words that describe sparkhouse: Breathing fresh air
On your iPod: Meet Me In The City by Junior Kimbrough, Eep Op Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) by Violent Femmes, Theme from The Magnificent Seven by Los Straitjackets
Favorite Ancestor: I identify with Moses because he was certain that he was the wrong man for the job and came up with so many excuses to try to get out of what God was calling him to do. His fears were well founded, which allowed God’s power and grace to shine through.
Insight about your tradition’s founder: Apparently Martin Luther sounded a lot like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Essentials for a youth lock-in…on a desert island: a jet ski, a radio made from coconuts, re:form materials
6-word story: I’m still waiting for my rocket-pack.
A favorite theologian quote: Be comforted, little dog, thou too in the Resurrection shall have a tail of gold. (Martin Luther)
A favorite pop culture figure quote: Sometimes, it’s a hard world for the little things. (Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona)
A favorite quote from your Mom: Dynamite comes in small packages.
If your Sunday school teacher knew you’d be creating sparkhouse resources, what would she or he say? I never would have predicted it; he was a royal pain in the neck.
Your work on re:form is a success if a youth responded by: telling friends at school about something hilarious from one of the videos or something crazy about one of the activities.