Gathering the Gleanings

Reflections on Life in the Ministry

  • Grace Is Not Just a Word you Hear in Church

    The word grace is so often associated with church, in fact limited to the confines of the church buildings. Perhaps, when we say it it often has too little meaning. We superficially use it, toss it around a little. A little grace here and a little grace there. Yet does grace have to be something…

  • All I Need To Know

    Perhaps you remember that little book that came out in the late 1980’s, by Robert Fulghum All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. I remember my copy was worn, like my favorite Bible. Well because besides my Bible and Jeanette Oake books this little book was it. I was fascinated – as were…

  • Another one Walks

    With permission, I share some pictures and thoughts of the next person who walked across the stage this past week. My child walked across the stage and received his high school diploma from RJ Reynolds High School – class of 2024. It wasn’t an easy task for him to get to this point or for…

  • I had been told it is a thing

    All through seminary, almost every professor and everypastor I looked up to said two words – self-care! I blew this off. What did they mean? Sounds self-explanatory. Perhaps it sounds easy and undoubtedly it is easier for some than others. Let me confess, its not an easy thing for me. In fact every time my…

  • Facebook Memories….

    One of the few things that I love about Facebook is the memories I get to see each day. You know the ones where it shows you whatever you posted on that day for however many years that you’ve been a Facebook user? I love to hear the sweet songs my son sang and recall the amazing milestones he reached. And for many…

  • What? What?? Really???

    As a young person there was always doubt that surrounded my success. Most of it came from others and it also quickly began to become mixed with self doubt. I’m the first person in my family that has a University Degree and theforefore the first to get a Master’s degree and most definitely the first…

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Rev. Dr. Kelly Moore is an ordained Moravian pastor serving in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Over her 25+ years of ministry, she has served in a wide variety of ministry settings- from urban to rural, in the north and the south.

In May 2024, she received her Doctorate of Ministry from Hood Theological Seminary. Her focus was on recognizing and understanding the need for clergy to respond to victims of child abuse and neglect in trauma-informed ways. The research showed that there is substantial room for further education of clergy in regard to how they respond to victims of child abuse and neglect with the compassion of Christ.

None of the words is an official statement; I wrote them. If I do use the source will be cited. Also, they are not official statements of the churches I have served, nor are they of the Evangelical Lutheran of America or the Moravian Church. They may express MY emotion; however, they are my original work. And if you cite my blog, I would like to be citrated it and even lead them to this blog