Thomas R Gaulke

Rev. Thomas R. Gaulke, Ph.D. is a belief-fluid Lutheran pastor. For twenty years he lived in Chicago, co-founding and collaborating with various community groups to improve the quality of life of area residents by shutting down dangerous polluters, providing public transit, and eliminating bail bond in Illinois. He currently serves as an on-call chaplain for the Black String Triage Ensemble in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is the Interim Campus Pastor to Carthage College in Kenosha. He​ is the author of An Unpromising Hope: Finding Hope Outside of Promise for an Agnostic Church and for Those of Us Who Find it Hard to Believe (Pickwick Publications, 2021), and coauthor of Everyday Armageddons: Stories and Reflections on Death, Dying, God, and Waste (Cascade Books, 2023).