I’m Emmy, and here’s what I’m up to.

I’m a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, currently on my third year of leave from call to be primary caregiver to our growing family. Church life, faith practice, following Jesus, and seeking lost coins are still where my heart sings; it all just takes a new shape now. Join me.

A podcast for people who like Jesus … but aren’t too sure about his friends.

With Natalia Terfa.


I’m on that circuit preacher life this June! Hopping in the Subaru (that is not a joke. It’s literally our car) to visit some beautiful churches with lovely people all around Minnesota.

Sun 6/1, 10am – Salem Lutheran Church, North Minneapolis
Sun 6/8, 10am – Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Grand Marais
Sun 6/15, 9:30am – House of Hope Lutheran, New Hope
Sun 6/22, 9:30am – Christ Lutheran Church, Blaine


An alternative Jellybean Easter poem: “Black for the Tomb