Rev. Emmy Kegler

-Blog Editor-

Emmy Kegler is a queer Christian mama, author, pastor, and speaker called to ministry at the margins of the church. 

For six years Emmy served as pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Northeast Minneapolis, a small servant-hearted neighborhood congregation focused on feeding the hungry and community outreach. Emmy has two publications with Broadleaf Books: One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins and All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness. As a preacher and writer, Emmy believes in and works for a church rooted in accessibility, intentionality, integrity, and transformation, knowing that God is already out ahead of us. creating expansive space for those most hungry for the good and liberating news of Jesus.

Emmy is the Editor of the Church Anew blog, helping curate an amazing collection of new and long-time authors that share a fresh, bold, and faithful witness for the church.

Emmy can most often be found hauling two toddlers in a bike trailer around the lakes of Minneapolis.