I love to tell the story, for those who know it best seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, ’twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.
“I Love To Tell The Story,” Kate Hankey and William Fischer (England, 1866)
Who Is She?
Grace and peace and good things, friends. I’m Madison. I live in Minneapolis with my incredible husband, our equally incredible daughter and our ham of a rescue dog.
I was raised, baptized and confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – the ELCA, for short – and from the time I was in middle school, I felt called to be a pastor. That calling took me for a series of wild rides, and ultimately led me to a career in social enterprise instead of ordained ministry. However, I’m still lucky enough to call many theologians my good friends, and to serve as a contract preacher and devotional writer in the Southwest Metro.
I guess you could say I’m pastor”ish” now. And that means people will ask from time to time if my messages are available in one place. Welcome to that place.
PASTORISH INFLUENCES
It’s important to know the spaces, the biases and the contexts that shape any preacher. Here are mine – the academic ones, at least:
MDiv | Lutheran Studies
Princeton Theological Seminary ’17
BA | Theology; Ministry
Loyola University Chicago ’14
PASTORISH ARCHIVE
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P A S T O R ( I S H ) 