Meet Trish

Compassionate, bold, and a little dangerous– I have been called a lot of things in my life. I hope people remember me best for being a devoted Christ follower and a passionate and empathetic lover of people. A good day for me is finding divine appointments with strangers who need a reminder that God loves them and is present in their circumstance.

God got a hold of me in 1988. As I began to sort through the rubble of my own broken life, I began to experience a renewed sense of longing to use my story to help others. I began sharing my life experience with people publicly in 2003. Terrified of public speaking and certain no one wanted to hear what I had to say, I listened to the still small voice that told me to grab the microphone and step into the ugliness of life with others.

That is when rekenekt was born. Rekenekt is an organization that exists to reconnect people with hope across generations. In the form of conferences, retreats, youth sessions, parent/teen facilitation, and resource development, rekenekt reaches into the hearts of families to restore relationships and renew hope.

Dark issues like bullying, teen suicide, substance abuse, divorce, sexual abuse, and broken families are destroying this generation, and teenagers are looking to the adults in their lives to speak truth and hope into their situations. Sometimes the adults in their lives need a little help understanding the confusing culture to embrace their role as parents and grandparents. By reconnecting these critical relationships, God can bring hope and healing into the darkness.

I am a Christian woman and unapologetically follow Biblical principles for my life, so rekenekt at it’s core is a faith-based organization. Fully respecting the need for division between church and life in some cases, many of the programs I develop for faith-based settings can also be adapted to serve public schools, secular organizations, and corporations.