Author Talk: Vital Signs with Dean Kate
Join Vital Signs of Faith: Finding Health in Your Spiritual Life author The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll for an engaging multi-media presentation.
As the world changes rapidly, Christianity too is changing. Amid this transition, questions arise: How do we know if we are being faithful? How do we know if we are practicing our faith adequately? Just as doctors measure vital signs when determining the health of the body, so we must learn to recognize the vital signs of the life of the spirit as we move into a post-Christian age. We can learn how to cultivate and nourish our faith by paying attention to the four vital signs: God, Give, Grow, and Group.
Small, incremental changes in behavior can improve our physical health, lowering our blood pressure for instance. Author Kate Moorehead Carroll contends the same is true for our spiritual health and offers thoughtful and challenging ways to measure the vital signs of faith so we might improve our spiritual health and find again the essence of our life together, the breath of God in each of us.
Appropriate for all ages.
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NOTE: Participants can purchase the book here ahead of the Dean Kate’s author talk from the St. John’s Cathedral Bookstore, which will ship the book to your house: Vital Signs of Faith: Finding Health In Your Spiritual Life – St. John’s Cathedral Bookstore & Gift Shop
Dean Kate Bio: Raised Hindu and inspired by religions of the world, The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll has been an Episcopal priest for more than 25 years. In 2009 she was called to be the tenth Dean of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, and the first woman to be called as Dean of a Cathedral in the Southeastern United States. Kate’s leadership and vision have led to the creation of the Cathedral District, and exciting plans for the transformation of Jacksonville’s urban core with over $44 million invested in the development of multi-income housing, walkable neighborhoods, parks, recreational venues, and retail space that will provide all the elements needed for a thriving downtown neighborhood.
Dean Kate is the author of eight books and produces a 4-6 minute daily devotion on YouTube. Her Substack publication, Sevenfold Christian, includes occasional musings and The Weekly Peace and raises funds for immigrant support in Jacksonville FL. Her most recent book publications are Vital Signs of Faith: Finding Health in Your Spiritual Life, Angels of the Bible and Healed: How Mary Magdalene Was Made Well. She has developed a national audience for her writing and scholarship within the Episcopal Church. She frequently speaks at church conferences and workshops. Her books can be purchased at the St. John’s Cathedral Bookstore jaxcathedralbooks.org. Sermons, videos and podcasts are available at jaxcathedral.org.
Kate is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College, a Carpenter Scholar at Yale Divinity School and has a Masters in Divinity cum laude from Virginia Theological Seminary. Kate is married to Dr. Chris Carroll, a Pediatric Intensive Care Doctor. Together, they have six grown children, two cats and one dog.
