Gathering the Gleanings

Reflections on Life in the Ministry

  • Mother’s Day Can Be Hard Too..

    Prior to the past 18 years I’ve simply wanted to hide under the covers and make a blanket hideaway that wasn’t really allowed when I was growing up. However this was a difficult thing to do because being a pastor, I sort of had people expecting me to lead worship and preach. Since the arrival…

  • Words Matter

    The words gather and gleaning have been in my vocabulary for what seems like my whole life. However, I’m not sure I used them figuratively or literally until I went off to Seminary in 1995. While a young person certainly I collected plenty of things – stamps, quarters, my little ponies, crayons, markers and plenty…

  • Things were simpler

    It’s been a long time since I blogged, and it sure seemed simple. I was sure it was just a matter of pushing this button and then this, inserting a picture here, writing a few words, and hitting the fabulous publish button. Well, things haved changed a lot, as things tend to do. What I…

  • Greetings

    As the research and writing of my dissertation was drawing to a close, I said to those I loved that I would never read another book or write anything else (other than basic church things for my pastoral responsibilities). Well, here I am, I haven’t even walked across the stage and received my degree, and…

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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