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ELCA Young Adult Ministry Churchwide Assembly Networking Event at The Local Irish Pub
August 20, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8pm
ELCA Young Adult Ministry invites young adults who are present for the ELCA Churchwide Assembly as well as those in the Twin Cities Metro area to attend a networking event in downtown Minneapolis. This event is a chance to connect with others as wel…
ELCA Young Adult Ministry Churchwide Assembly Networking Event at The Local Irish Pub
August 20, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8pm
ELCA Young Adult Ministry invites young adults who are present for the ELCA Churchwide Assembly as well as those in the Twin Cities Metro area to attend a networking event in downtown Minneapolis. This event is a chance to connect with others as wel…
Affirming Young Leaders: A Twin Cities Gathering at ELCA Churchwide Assembly
August 17, 2009 to August 20, 2009
People on the four ELCA rosters who are 31 or under are invited to participate in “Affirming Young Leaders,” an event scheduled for August 17-20, 2009 in Minneapolis. We hope that 80 to 100 pastors, associates in ministry, deaconesses and diaconal m…
Affirming Young Leaders: A Twin Cities Gathering at ELCA Churchwide Assembly
May 19, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm
People on the four ELCA rosters who are 31 or under are invited to participate in “Affirming Young Leaders,” an event scheduled for August 17-20, 2009 in Minneapolis. We hope that 80 to 100 pastors, associates in ministry, deaconesses and diaconal m…
"The Lutheran" magazine is looking for a student journalist interested in combining editorial acumen with Web know-how. The internship will provide the opportunity to explore online journalism in the context of a national magazine. This is a paid in…
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- My favorite quote(s)...
- Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to observe the counsels of perfection while ordinary Christians fulfill only the commands; but there simply is no special religious vocation since the call of God comes to each at the common tasks
—Martin Luther
- If I could live anywhere... (why?)
- Wow. I could live so many places. BUT-if I could live anywhere---it would be where it is warm, a lot. I have been miscast as someone who lives in the snow---all of my life!
- Others describe me as...
- Energetic, passionate, really into pop culture and the 80's, Lutheran, Minnesotan.
- I most feel the presence of God when...
- My dog is terribly excited to go on the same walk every day of his life. It is as if creation is reborn over, and over and over--and he is so excited. Everyday for him is like a walk in the brand new Garden of Eden.
- I'm passionate about...
- A lot. Family, friends, cooking, reclaiming 'religion' from those who brand it as limiting, stifiling, non-life giving.
- In the future, I will be...
- Kristen, living out who I am. Always talking, always thinking, always figuring out how to best live into the gifts I have in service to the community around me.
- Because of my faith, I...
- Talk about religion and religious and spiritual life with different people every day. Some of my best friends are non-Christians---who know a lot about the Lutheran theological perspective--because we talk and share and engae with each other on a daily basis.
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Inlitterati lumen fidei
Like a lot of people, music really speaks to me. And--I wish that I could say that I have sophisticated indie music tastes. I don't. I LOVE pop music. I mean--I love it. Always have, always will. Some of my earliest memories are of singing into my patened thumb microphone to the tunes of Pat Benatar, Wham! and watching my favorite show of all time, Dance Party USA.
Except---someone recently introduced me to Wilco. Jeff Tweedy's infamous Chicago band. A line in the song Theologians by Wilco spoke… Continue
Except---someone recently introduced me to Wilco. Jeff Tweedy's infamous Chicago band. A line in the song Theologians by Wilco spoke… Continue
Posted on August 12, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
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The story of Christ's birth is a story of promise, hope, and a revolutionary love.
So, what happened? What was once a time to celebrate the birth of a savior has somehow turned into a season of stress, traffic jams, and shopping lists.
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