Katie Koplin

Contributor

Katie Koplin

Katie is passionate about highlighting Christ for us in the Scriptures and encouraging others to live in the freedom we have on account of Christ in her writing, speaking, and coffee dates. She co-hosts the podcast Freely Given with Gretchen Ronnevick. Katie lives in Minnesota where fields of grain meet woods and water. She shares her home with her husband Dallas, 4 kids, and a sturdy lab named Moose. She graduated from Bethany Lutheran College in 2007 (B.A. Communications).

Everything Your Kid Needs to Know

05/31/22

13 mins

Katie Koplin

The list of things our kids need to know when they leave the house is much simpler than we might believe.
When We Miscommunicate Our Prayers

11/11/21

14 mins

Katie Koplin

We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.
Hannah: What to Do With Weakness?

09/09/21

10 mins

Katie Koplin

This is the second installment in our series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus.
A Letter to the Rural Church

07/10/21

10 mins

Katie Koplin

Questions of our purpose and significance as a church abound with fewer and fewer people in the pews.
Fathers

06/29/21

7 mins

Katie Koplin

We can not give our Heavenly Father anything that will make him love us more or less. He gives and we receive.
"Shoulding" On One Another

05/25/21

6 mins

Katie Koplin

The law is good and holy but so often when we are “shoulding” on one another, we actually are just going to end up “burning” each other’s fields.
Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism

03/30/21

7 mins

Katie Koplin

I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.
What Do I Have to Give?

02/03/21

7 mins

Katie Koplin

Regardless of my experience, my talents, or even my mood, it’s these gifts of Christ that I have to give away. They are all I have, and they are everything.
Waiting Like Sarah

12/10/20

13 mins

Katie Koplin

It turns out the family trait of not being able to wait runs deep and wide in the family of God. We do foolish things while we wait for promises to be fulfilled.
When There's Nothing to be Thankful For

11/27/20

7 mins

Katie Koplin

In a year where things are unclear, tensions are heartbreaking, and uncertainty is rampant, what can we be thankful for?
Resilient Kids

11/19/20

17 mins

Katie Koplin

Life will not go as planned nor as we would hope, but "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Finding Jesus in Proverbs 31

03/17/23

2 mins

Katie Koplin Gretchen Ronnevik Chad Bird

Is Proverbs 31 inspiring or burdening to women? Is it a passage that's just for women? What do you think when you think about Proverbs 31? Where is the gospel in this passage?