Jenny Warner

Jenny Warner
Columnist
Jenny is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the Pastor for Justice, Spirituality and Community at First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon. She graduated from Biola University with a B.A. in Intercultural Studies and Psychology in 1992, and in 2010, received a Masters of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary.
After college, Jenny spent two years in Southeastern Europe, working with missionaries in their cross-cultural adjustment. Since moving back, she has helped plant a new church, married and become a mother of two daughters, worked as a spiritual director and an artist. Having recently finished her PCUSA ordination requirements, she is currently seeking a call as a pastor.
Jenny's interests include poetry, creating and exploring art, theology, running and yoga, knitting, being outdoors, cooking and eating great food, and drinking strong coffee and fabulous wine. She delights in the gift of friendship, and is most happy at play and rest with her husband and two daughters.
Listening for God's Christmas Song
The invitation of incarnation is to stop and notice the miracle of God's breaking in to our flesh-and-blood realities. Read More »
The God-Bearer: Advent Reflections on Mary
Incarnational spirituality is not working up the strength to become someone you aren't; it is becoming who you truly are. Read More »
How Many Souls Shrink in Church?
Is there room in our church for questions -- real questions, the ones without answers? Do we love people for whom life does not fit into neat and tidy boxes? Read More »
Economic Grief and Spiritual Recovery
May we choose to be present to economic grief -- and in that presence, to find transformation for our souls and our world. Read More »
Personal Preaching: Sharing Stories in the Pulpit
Wisely disclosing our personal stories as pastors is a tricky thing and requires a lot of sensitive discernment, acquired only through trial and error, I'm afraid. Read More »










