Erik Ullestad is the Family Life & Youth Director at Windsor Heights Lutheran Church in Des Moines, IA. He is husband to Allison, father to Anna, Isaac, and Evan, and best friend of his yellow lab, Gustavus Farokhmanesh. Erik is a generational mutt with feet firmly planted in GenX and Millennial cultures. He espouses Luther's sinner-saint dialectic, Bonhoeffer's theology of the cross, and the belief that right-brained thinking will change the world. Whenever possible, Erik enjoys the four R's - reading, running, relaxing, and 'riting.