by Stephanie | Feb 21, 2016 | Church, emotional health, healing, Ministry, Vulnerability
As I made my way to the lobby having just finished my Sunday sermon at my church a young woman I had never met came up to me. She had come with her friend to visit our church that day. “Thank you for what you said today in your sermon. I have never heard a pastor...
by Stephanie | Feb 7, 2016 | Church, Leadership, Life, Mission, Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Letter to Mill City Church, February 7th 2016 (based on Romans 12) Dear Mill City Family, I am so proud of you. You should hear me talk about you all behind your back! I tell everyone about the risks that you are taking and the ways that you are stepping out in...
by Stephanie | Dec 19, 2015 | Church, Leadership, Ministry, Uncategorized
All I want for Christmas It would be really tempting for me to make a long list of work out gear, gift cards and techie things that I would love to get this Christmas. No matter how hard you try, the consumerism is difficult to escape. However, I don’t really need any...
by Stephanie | Oct 10, 2015 | Church, Equipping, Leadership, Life, Ministry
A commonly asked question: Why five? This fall at the church I help lead, Mill City Church in Northeast Minneapolis, we have commissioned our fifth pastor. A question I’m often asked is, “why would a church of only 400 people (100 under 11 years old) have five...
