Author Archives: triciadk

Teaching Elder, Ordained November 1983. I woke up at 3:00 a.m. in the well-used Community Center of Bernal, New Mexico, for the first day of my recent pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo in northern New Mexico. After a quick … Continue reading →

Teaching Elder,  Ordained April 2012.   Katie has been serving the Church of Reconciliation in Chapel Hill, NC, for ten years in an unordained position, remaining a candidate under care.  New Hope Presbytery voted to approve her ordination in February. Over the … Continue reading →

Teaching Elder, Ordained 2004.   Many people ask me when it was that I first felt a call to ordained ministry. There barely is a time that I did not feel one. Trinity Presbyterian Church, a congregation just outside of … Continue reading →

Ruling Elder, Ordained 1992.   I am a cradle Presbyterian, currently a member of Morningside Presbyterian Church, a welcoming and inclusive congregation where I serve as choir member and food pantry worker.  I was brought up in the church with … Continue reading →

Ruling Elder, Ordained 1976.   Simply defined, grace is the belief that God’s love is freely given. There is nothing we can do to earn God’s love and there is nothing we can do to lose God’s love.  It is … Continue reading →