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About karentreat

I am in the middle years of life. Getting closer to the later years of life. I am married, was a registered nurse, now a ELCA ordained pastor, and a trained spiritual director. I have two married girls in their twenties, two boys in college. A husband leaving church as an ordained pastor to become a Director of a new nonprofit.. Now is my turn to find myself.

Ringing the Bell of Grief

Posted on November 22, 2020 by karentreat

Let the midlife bell of grief ring. It not only announces our losses; it proclaims our healing. Joyce Rupp Autumn has closed its door. Winter has been cracked open. A dusting of snow sits on the disheveled brown gardens and … Continue reading →

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