Mark is a retired church educator and has served in a variety of congregational sizes, from very large to very small. His last parish experience was Health Minister in a congregation of mainly older adults. He has served as a health educator for a Lutheran Foundation out of Chicago and was Executive Director of a Lutheran organization focused on ministry with and for older adults until family health concerns took him home full time.

Becky is a 30 year survivor of three rounds of cancer and has advanced heart failure and other organ damage from chemo and radiation. Together they helped Becky's parents navigate a five year journey of important decisions late in life with major health issues (Alzheimer's and Heart Failure) at play.