Doing Church Differently

After what feels like a long time, I'm going back to church. This blog will reflect on the research developed and conversations facilitated by Katie about the direction of the modern American Protestant church and her personal experiences. To paraphrase Martin Luther, the church is always in reformation.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Finding Sanctuary Outside of the Sanctuary

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How do you respond to bad news? When tragedy happens, what do you do? What words do you say when someone tells you...

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Making New Ways Out of Old Ways: Alternative Churches

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Growing up, I was raised ELCA Lutheran and attended Catholic school through high school. I got the church experience f...

Thursday, April 10, 2014

"Un-vogue" to be sad: Depression and the church

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This past Sunday, my university hosted a forum discussing the intersections of spirituality and depression. The keynote speaker for...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Weird Humans Together in Community, Otherwise Known As "Koinonia"

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I had the honor of spending last week with a group of fellow students and one staff person from my school in San Francisco doing se...

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Wait, What Even Are Nones?

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If you’re like me, the first thing you think of when you hear the word “none” is Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act....

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

A Humbling Walk in Questioning Faith

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I am very overwhelmed. I’ve been going to church services for a couple weeks and it’s been great. A rabbi gave a sermon at one ...

Doing Things Differently

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I’m going back to church. This past February, I visited a service at Hamline Church United Methodist. I wasn’t with fam...

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Katie Stever: Raised as and ELCA Lutheran, Katie is studying religion at Hamline University in Minnesota, a theater carpenter, and a future seminarian. Through honest conversations, a little bit of sass, and curious thinking, she is asking the big question "Where do we go from here?" in regards to church and how we do it.

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