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E-mail: TheSpiritMuse@comcast.net
Phone: 612-419-4958
Mailing Address: 3010 Hennepin Avenue South, #148, Minneapolis MN 55408


"Arts and Ceremonies for the 21st Century Spirit"

Interfaith Minister - blending cultures & spiritual paths in writing & celebrating original ceremonies to observe life events (weddings/commitments, funerals/memorials, namings/baptisms, house blessings). Spiritual counseling. Guest speaker.

InnerVoice - cabaret-style concert programmes created as an anthology of material from all time periods & styles, each programme unified by a central theme. Includes songs, stories, poetry, monologues & short scenes, drumming & other instrumentals.
 

Weddings and Commitments (back to top)

I'd be delighted to share your joy. We have so many backgrounds, combining families, traditions and spirits is complex today.  Synthesis is my gift; with my eclectic background and experience with different faiths, I can guide you through writing your own ceremony, or draft a piece specifically for you that you can then review. I begin with a series of questions to learn more about your own Paths and histories, then discuss which direction you'd like to head, creating a genuinely unique celebration of unity!

Home and Office Blessings  (back to top)

Many ancient traditions hold sacred the initiation of a new home. The energies of our rooms can build up or tear down. Drumming, chanting, censing, smudging, ringing and singing all are brought to bear to clear out the old and bring in the new - blessings, healing, joy and goodness may be invited into your space. You can have a ceremony with or without a celebratory party, alone or with a group, each year or when you and a space are new to each other. This can be a light-hearted yet powerfully enabling ritual.

Funerals and Memorials  (back to top)

As a culture, this is the life event we are taught the least about and often struggle with the most. I can talk with you, explore your hopes and fears as you need, sort out the details and create a ceremony of letting go that will help you honestly mark this difficult rite of passage.

Baptisms and Namings  (back to top)

A naming is often loosely included in the traditional Christian infant Baptism. But, a name carries with it so much! Certainly older than Baptism is the choosing and giving of a name within a community context, which can, knowingly or not, influence a person's entire character and behavior. Design with me this special event, marking the significance of granting completeness to this precious life!

Spiritual Counseling  (back to top)

Confused? Seeking? Grieving or ashamed? The family of origin's ways no longer fit your own Path? I am happy to talk with you about where you've been and where you're going, exploring this splendid universe with you, examining the deep questions that we humans grapple with. My eclectic background and "real world" experience help me relate to where you are on your journey.

How I Got Here/About Rev KEngel  (back to top)

I was ordained an Interfaith Minister through All Faiths Seminary in New York City, which is affiliated with The New Seminary, the oldest interfaith seminary in the country.

I came to the ministry in a round-about fashion. My degrees are in music - voice performance and teaching, to be specific, and I have lived and worked, writing, conducting choirs and performing, in light opera, historical revues and musical theatre, from Alaska to Florida. In addition, I have training in pastoral counseling and creative writing.

As an immigrant's daughter with varied life experiences; I have always had an eclectic experience of spirituality, even as a young girl. I was troubled by rules and restrictions, the point of view that "we are better than you" if we believe a certain way. The Creator is bigger than our own egos would indicate! Since discovering the Mystics, I have found a language that more clearly expresses for me the universal truth that We Are One.

In college, I explored other faiths, while not abandoning completely my family's Catholic faith. I drew friends together from many backgrounds, and it is a skill I continue to develop, socially, spiritually and professionally. Among these, while in Alaska, I found the Native American cultures and traditions resonate profoundly within me, building a stronger eco-spirituality. I have a Buddhist meditation practice, and as a musician, of course, Nada Brahma - the World is Sound.

One way I combine my many interests and capabilities in creative expression to promote healing and encourage peacemaking is through my performance troupe, InnerVoice.

I became keenly aware of how many people have no particular spiritual path when I went through a three-year period of the loss of five close friends and family. So many seekers are struggling with the greatest life questions. With our world getting smaller, there is an ever-growing need to reach out to the many people trying to find their way, mix their different backgrounds and create a new life, incorporating the positive elements of their traditions into the 21st century point of view.

 

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