Tod Bolsinger

husband, father, pastor, author, professor, hiker, runner, adventurer, outdoors-lover

Dr. Tod Bolsinger came to San Clemente Presbyterian in 1997 after serving for ten years at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1993. He earned a Ph.D. in Theology and Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, and has taught M.Div and D. Min classes at Fuller Theological Seminary and Denver Seminary. He is the author of two books and contributer to two others. He speaks and consults with church, organizational and business leadership groups with TAG Consulting. He writes a weblog at http://bolsinger.blogs.com and can be found on both Facebook and LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/todbolsinger).

Tod has been gleefully married to Beth since 1989. Beth is a mom, artist, marriage and family counselor in private practice and wicked good cook. They have two teenage children, Brooks and Ali who are beautiful human beings. He thrives by balancing quiet reflection and restless, collaborative creativity, by studying and playing outside. He enjoys learning, reading, and thinking about organizational systems issues that other people find frustrating or boring. He loves hanging out with his family, barbecuing meat, drinking non-fat, no-foam lattes, eating meals outside, planning and taking adventures, looking for real estate he can’t afford and rooting for the Angels baseball club. He reads avidly; hikes happily, runs (almost) daily, “races” triathlons slowly; skis recklessly; fly-fishes enthusiastically; surfs awkwardly; and golfs…really, really poorly.

If he wasn’t in ministry, he’d be a national park ranger. And when he retires he wants to be a “ski host” and help get four people on every quad chair.