Me

My name is Christoffer; I’m known as Chris. I was born in the small town of Mt. Shasta, in northern California, where my dad was a pastor. Except for a seventh-grade stint with the family in Argentina, I grew up in southeast Tennessee, where I attended elementary school, high school, and college. I have been back in California—now Southern California—since 2014, working, running, and aging.

I enjoy little adventures, big trees, and gradients in the wild. I enjoy a melancholy mood with a side of eternal hope. I like to hear people laugh. I like to lie on the floor. I like to rest my ear against the side of my purring cat.

I sometimes run long distances across the hills and mountains. Once, I ran a 50-mile race in Leadville, Colorado. Another time, I ran 32 miles for my 32nd birthday. Sometimes I just run 1.8 miles on the little streets of my neighborhood.

I have my weaknesses and familiar forms of procrastination (TV and movies, sports highlights, memes), and I have my strengths (I’m generally considerate, I don’t leave a mess on the toilet rim). My heart swells at stories of dogged perseverance and brooding determination and loyal sacrifice. Poems can make me melt. And they can make me stand straighter. I love ideas and dreams. I struggle to formulate and express my beliefs, but I believe God is good and that I’m priveleged to believe so.

I hope that this website becomes a place for all of these important parts of my life: Christoffer’s Life. I also hope that the contents herein continually serve to myself and to others this reminder: that Christ offers life.

His grace is sufficient. Let us live in it.