"The Rosemaled Church and the Journey to Belong"

Livsreise starts 2026 with the return of Eric Stavney presenting via ZOOM. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED -- Register here

Eric Stavney is a journalist, teacher, and promoter of Nordic culture. He earned a degree in Norwegian at the University of Washington and has co-hosted the Scandinavian Hour radio show on KKNW AM in Seattle. In 2019, he started reading Nordic folktales to a global audience, who somehow found them engaging, inspirational, and fun. That led to interviews with interesting people with a Nordic connection, forming the basis of his podcast Nordic on Tap at nordicontap.com Eric will trace the origins of rosemaling in first in Norway and then in the United States, and the audience will learn about a group of rosemalers and parishioners who planned to renovate the Glendale, Washington, Lutheran Church chapel with rosemaled paintings.