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annamschatz

Speaker. Writer. 📬DM to book📆
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Hello! I gained some new followers over this past

Hello!

I gained some new followers over this past week and decided it would be smart to introduce myself.

I live in Coastal Virginia but grew up in Packer Country which means I’m a Cheesehead for life.

I’m a fundamentalist kid turned non-denominational pastor’s wife. My heart is soft toward those with spiritual wounding, and I enjoy walking alongside people who remain curious about the Christian faith while healing from their hurt.

Professionally, my background is a blend of public speaking, stakeholder engagement, marketing, and executive operations. Actually, I’m currently seeking my next 9-5 opportunity which in and of itself feels like a full-time job.

In addition, I enjoy guest preaching on an honorarium or itinerant/contract basis. I preach Scripture in an exegetical or synthesised topical format depending on audience and need. Some of my favorite topics include: The Gospel, leadership, matters of identity and worth, marriage + family, and anxiety.

I use my online platforms to encourage others in their spiritual journey, share about my faith in God, and champion goodness.

If any of that sounds interesting to you, I hope you’ll stick around and I get the chance to know you more.

#faith #spirituality #preacher

“I will lie down in peace and sleep for you alone,

“I will lie down in peace and sleep for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

Psalm 4:8

#bible #sundayscaries #peace

I was whipping up school lunches when I overheard

I was whipping up school lunches when I overheard @craigmelvinnbc share on live tv that the Holy Spirit just moved him to ask the new NY Archbishop to pray.

So often in Christian circles we tend to think our faith operates in a tight circle to the exclusion of the outside world. When this happens, we can falsely assume the average person has little if any framework for the God presented to us in Scripture.

However, in times of crisis, we see that there are people across sectors who do in fact turn to God.

I am encouraged by Craig’s tenderness to the Holy Spirit and prayerfully ask alongside this circle of friends to @savannahguthrie that there would be peace, comfort, and clarity.

Savannah, I’m sad with you.

#bringherhome

💌 I love them. #valentines #bythebay #vabeach

💌 I love them.

#valentines #bythebay #vabeach

Sunday prep with sunshine pouring through the bedr

Sunday prep with sunshine pouring through the bedroom windows.

#baileydoodle #puppybuddy #labradoodle

Walk, don’t run. You don’t have to sprint in this

Walk, don’t run. You don’t have to sprint in this marathon.

#walkingwithgod #bible

I see you. You grew up in Church and left unsure

I see you.

You grew up in Church and left unsure about it all.

You were hurt by your local church and stepped outside for fresh air.

You know the basic stories but don’t really get the point.

But then…

You just couldn’t get over Jesus.

His perfect deity in human form.
God with us.
The way he lived.
How he loved.
How he turned the expected norms upside down.
The way he redefined power as selfless service.
How he was just getting started and is still coming back to finish fixing it all.

And you just had to get back to Jesus.

If there is looming curiousity you just can’t shake, let that be your sign to come home.

Or maybe just grab coffee with someone you think might know a little more than you about it all.

Don’t be shy.

You can step toward Jesus again even if you pressed pause for a hot minute.

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Original video by @arctic.fluffs edited and repurposed by @annamschatz

I woke up this morning with this Eucharist prayer

I woke up this morning with this Eucharist prayer playing in my head and wanted to share it with you.

It’s a responsive prayer where the congregation motions their hand forward toward the cross followed by the final motioning upward to heaven. Isn’t it beautiful?

I know the Spirit nestled it in my heart as a tender reminder to me this morning. My hope is he ministers to you as well.

I wish younger me didn’t expend so much mental ene

I wish younger me didn’t expend so much mental energy on pining after the validation of others as it relates to my calling.

Do I regret championing women in leadership?
Absolutely not.

Do I wish I’d not advocated so loudly for female preachers and pastors?
Heck no.

But the wiser I become, the more I recognize the freedom of truly advocating for these realities apart from receiving personal approval.

You see, there comes a point where you either choose to expend your mental energy arguing with the naysayers or you choose to step out from under their influence and into what you’ve been called to do.

Staying might feel like advocacy and it could be…but it could also be that you are just holding onto hope that the people you have loved will accept you for who you are.

And that holding on waiting for approval and hoping for acceptance, might just be the very thing keeping you stuck. It’s a distraction, a discouragement, a trap.

Sister. Step out, step up, go, and do.

You don’t need them to permit your calling, you just need to heed it.

#womeninspiringwomen #lovelikejesus #preachthegospel

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