{"id":1594,"date":"2019-11-18T14:08:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T20:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/religion\/?page_id=1594"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:34:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:34:42","slug":"emmy-kegler-07","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/religion\/emmy-kegler-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmy Kegler ’07"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emmy Kegler ’07<\/h4>\n

At graduation, I knew I wanted to pursue a call to ministry, but also that I needed a break from school. I took three years off from academic life to save money for seminary, to explore my call more fully, and to acquire the elusive “real world experience” so often talked about! I moved into my own apartment, served as Sunday School director at a local church, and worked for 1517 Media (then Augsburg Fortress). Those three years were deeply formational. I read and studied whatever I wanted, particularly around the emerging\/emergent church movement, missional ecclesiology, and “theology from the margins.” <\/span>The plan was to take two years, but I began to doubt whether I wanted to pursue my call in a denomination that wasn’t sure I, as a queer woman, was a valid candidate for ministry. The surge of support after the Churchwide Assembly in 2009 propelled me back to finishing my seminary application. Although I felt like I’d let myself and others down by waiting three years, I ended up entering seminary at the same time as nine other incredible women who have become my best friends and biggest supporters, so I am very grateful that I made the “mistake” of not going to seminary sooner.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I came to Olaf afraid of my sexuality, afraid of my passion for the church, and afraid of my call to ministry. Instead of facing rejection or polite tolerance, I found in the chapel & in religion classes that I was welcomed and celebrated. After being the “weird religious kid” all through high school I found a place where my interest in biblical languages and practical theology was encouraged and supported. In the roots of Lutheran theology I found an expansive place made for me to live into what it meant to be freed from the law and freed for the neighbor. I can’t imagine where I would be without the experiences I had at Olaf.<\/span><\/p>\n

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