The following is the announcement I made this morning at our worship service. This morning, I need to share with all of you some rather big news. This is not going to be easy to say, so I’m just going to come out and say it. Starting October 1, I am beginning a new journey…
Ministry in Heels
life as a young adult pastor
Jurisdictional Conference Day 4
Yes, I realize I went from Day 0 to Day 4… so much transpiring with not a whole lot of time to really sit and reflect. This being my first Jurisdictional conference, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. We had some amazing preaching, reports of shared jurisdictional ministries, elections to General Agencies and jurisdictional…
Jurisdictional Conference Day 0
Yesterday, I flew in to Akron/Canton and started this crazy adventure called Jurisdictional Conference. I’m still not quite sure what we are doing except for electing bishops (which we aren’t this year) and moving bishops (which a committee will take care of) and nominating and electing people to general agencies (which is also mostly committee…
Out of the Mouths of Babes – or – What I learned from VBS
We all know that kids say the darndest things… but they also speak deep truths and absolutely astound me with their questions. They are unafraid to wonder, not shy with their uncertainties, and will ask until they get a satisfactory answer. Although I have been a pastor for five years, I have not spent very…
self-awareness, faith, repentance and the Lord's Supper
In the past two weeks, I have had a number of conversations with colleagues and family about the Lord’s Table… not necessarily about who is welcome, but about what MAKES that person welcome. My friends in the LCMS church have been discussing what kind of understanding of faith is required for a first communion experience.…
Where’s Katie?
I know, it has been a little while since I’ve posted. I’ve been busy. And a little stressed out. And I stopped making time for writing. But I’m putting the time back in my schedule starting this next week. New month, new me. In the meantime I’ve been: GARDENING: This has been the strangest March…
Sometimes… God’s will can kiss my @$$
In other times in my life, I wouldn’t have even thought about God. I would have thought about how dumb the situation was. I would have had a little pity party for myself. But because I was trying so hard to listen, the simple reality of God’s will smacked me upside the head.
Multi-tasking, but missing out
Kristin from over at Halfway to Normal recently posted about how difficult it is to be a parent these days (Parenting from the old gut in a new world.) In the article, she referenced a Stanford University study on Multitasking and shared this quote: When we media multitask, we’re not really paying attention to the people…