Carrie is a pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wyoming, MN and a Certified Spiritual Director with thirty years of congregational ministry experience.

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Carrie received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN in 1992, her Master of Arts Degree in Children, Youth, and Family Ministries from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, in 1994, and her Master of Divinity Degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, in 2023.

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Carrie became certified as a Spiritual Director in May, 2020, by completing the Tending the Holy Spiritual Direction program at The Christos Center for Spiritual Formation in Lino, Lakes, MN.

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Carrie's faith tradition is Christian (ELCA Lutheran), however she is open to spiritual companionship with a variety of spiritual traditions, including interfaith and spiritual/non-religious. She loves to engage in conversation and learning about different traditions and how others connect with and engage with their creator and their spiritual self. 

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Carrie has been married twenty eight years to Dale, also an ELCA pastor. Carrie and Dale have served and partnered together in ministry many of their years together, and currently do so again at St. Paul Lutheran in Wyoming, MN.

 

Together also, they have three children - Caleb (26), Annica (21), Tobie (19), and a six year-old golden retriever named Oscar.

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