About Kathleen
Kathleen is an ordained Lutheran pastor with a doctorate in Psychology and Religion. All of her endeavors throughout her career or vocation have been directed by interests developed as a child of the sixties, from civil rights, to the Holocaust and post-Holocaust theology for Christians and Jews, to her work in hospice. She is deeply influenced by Martin Luther King and by the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who, at 39, was hanged in a concentration camp by the Nazis for his active resistance to Hitler.Kathleen has always been interested in the ultimate questions of life, the psychology behind religious beliefs and actions, and human transformation. She, in her own thinking, felt her only choice was to become a pastor and theologian. She was convinced that this was her niche to influence and change the world. To that end, Kathleen has been the pastor of three Lutheran congregations, has served as a hospice chaplain in two hospices, was the director of spiritual care and bereavement at another hospice. She lived and worked in Israel for over two years as the director of the theological department of a post-Holocaust Christian European kibbutz in the Galilee, and focused on repentance and renewal towards the Jewish people.
Kathleen is a thought-provoking, humorous, and dynamic speaker. Her insights and introspective and reflective talks on relationships and spiritual care are motivating and conscious lifting.
Some of her lectures are available on CD and she plans to have lecture transcripts available soon. Stayed tuned.
Kathleen is the Pastor of Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Cresskill, New Jersey.
Read Kathleen's Interview in the Bergen Record
