Rev. Richard Boger, Jr.,
webmaster for the Center for Theology website, died suddenly on July 30,
2004. He was 52. He maintained a web ministry for the many years. Pastor
Boger was the pastor of Saint Michael Lutheran Church in High Point,
NC. Prior to that, from 1990 until 1998, he served as pastor of
Nazareth Lutheran Church in Rural Hall, NC. During the ten preceding
years he was the pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in
Jacksonville, NC. Pastor Boger received his B.A. from Lenoir Rhyne
College and his M.Div. from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary,
then in 1979 he interned at Our Shepard Lutheran Church in Peachtree
City, GA, where he married his high-school sweetheart the following
April. Pastor Boger is survived by his wife, Jill Howard, his son,
John Michael Howard Boger, and his sister, Cheryl Schwartz. A
significant part of Pastor Boger's internet ministry was his "Uncle Marty's Advice" columns--Q & A on various
pastoral and theological issues.