Learning to Live Closer to God Series

Pastor Fred Castor

Welcome to this 15 week devotion series by Pr. Fred Castor. Pr. Fred has a gift for speaking of spirituality in a way that meets people - especially lay people, where they are. Fred’s brief devotions tap deep into our often unspoken yearnings, opening new channels for God’s love to flow.

This series is being written in 2021 and will be published here via weekly blog posts and emails for subscribers beginning June 1, 2021.

About Pr. Fred

Pr. Fred Castor was born in Parrottsville, Tennessee as the son of a pastor. Raised in Virginia and North Carolina he attended college at Lenoir Rhyne in Hickory N.C. and seminary at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.

He has both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Sacred Theology from Southern Seminary and a Masters in Counseling from the University in Florida.

Fred served as a Campus Pastor at the University of Florida for eleven years. He then served at Colorado State University for nineteen years. In 1992, he retired from campus ministry. He continues to share his wisdom through spiritual direction with individuals and groups as a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Fort Collins Co.

As a member at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Fort Collins and spiritual director, Fred wrote monthly devotionals for the congregation’s newsletter and created two short works: “Reflections on John Baillie’s Prayer” written in response to God’s nudge in 2020 and “Unleashing God’s Power” written and shared as a workshop for lay people held at Our Saviour’s in 2013.

In addition to these works, Fred is the author of two books: “Spiritual Musings” and “Discerning God's Active Involvement in Your Life: What Is God Up To Now?” Both are available on Amazon.