About

Kary Oberbrunner founded Redeem the Day, a movement connecting people to a process that ignites their souls on fire. Author of Your Secret Name, The Fine Line, Called and The Journey toward Relevance, Kary earned a Doctorate in Transformational Leadership and a Master of Divinity. Besides life coaching, he serves as a pastor at Grace Church in Ohio.
He and his soul-mate, Kelly, have 3 kids. In his free-time Kary enjoys reading, the outdoors, and playing disc golf.
Profile:
Top 5 Strengths (Determined by Gallup Organization)
Articles (Sampling):
- Becoming Who I Already Am: The secret to living a life of holiness
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Being progressive in a stagnant church.
- Unpacking Postmodernism: Is a postmodern ministry really what you’re after?
- What about Bob? How that question changed my life.
Videos:
Speaking:
In order to invite Kary to your next event please click the “contact” tab on the top right and fill out the appropriate form with details regarding your event. He’ll get back to you within 48 hours in order to continue the dialogue.
2010
- September 7-8, Grace College Chapel, Winona Lake, IN
- September 7, Your Secret Name Indiana, Winona Lake
- August 21, 9AM – 5PM, Your Secret Name free training day, Powell, OH
- May 20-21, Men’s Retreat, Dayton, OH
- April 15, Otterbein Christian Fellowship, Westerville, OH
- March 9, Pastor’s Seminar, Dayton, OH
- March 2, Grace Seminary Chapel, Winona Lake, IN
- March 1, Grace Graduate Counseling Lecture, Winona Lake, IN
- March 1, Pastor’s Seminar, Warsaw, IN
- February 23, Campus Crusade, Capitol University, Columbus, OH
- January 20, 2010, Ashland Theological Seminary. Session 1 – The Fine Line: Re-envisioning the Gap Between Christ and Culture, Session 2 – On Earth as it is in Heaven: Embodying the Kingdom
2009
- November 5, 8:00 PM Otterbein Christian Fellowship, Ohio, directions here
- October 16-17, Change Conference (keynote speaker), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, hosted by Canadian Youth Network.
- July 27-29, Equip 09, Columbus, OH
- July 15-16, The BYIC Convention (keynote speaker), Ashland OH
- June 11, Grace Church, Akron, Ohio. Staff Training and speaker at New Perspectives.
- April 23, NTBI, Alternative to Emergent: navigating the strengths & weaknesses of the movement, Waukesha, WI
- April 22,7-9 PM, Impact, Elmbrook Church, On Earth as it is in Heaven: Living out the Kingdom, Brookfield, WI
- March 28, 8-10 AM Men Following Christ, Warsaw, IN
- March 27, 7-9 PM Unintentional Atheists, the GBIM Training Center, 999 College Ave, Winona Lake, IN
- March 22, 9 & 10:45 AM Delaware GBC, Our Position in Christ, Delaware GBC
- March 5, 6-8:30 PM, Digital Disciples, Grace Church, Powell, OH
- March 1, Clearview Church, Gahanna, OH
- February 19, 11:30 AM -1:00 PM, InterVarsity, OSU Faculty Club, Columbus, OH.
- January 21,12 PM Christian Legal Society, Columbus, OH Chapter
- January 17, 1:30 PM, Grace College Youth Ministry Lecture, Columbus, OH
2008
- December 29, 7 PM, New Vision, Wisconsin
- December 28,11:45pm, 5:30 PM EPIKOS, Wisconsin
-December 15, 7PM, Walk the (Fine) Line, Grace Church, Powell OH
-November 23, 9:30 AM, 11:00 AM, Terra Nova, Delaware, OH
-November 20, 11:35 AM Delaware Christian School, Delaware, IG
-November 6, WCHS Chapel, Worthington, OH
- October 22, 10:00 am Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana
-October 22, 3 PM Bethel CollegeMaster’s Level Apologetics Class, Guest Speaker, Mishawaka, Indiana
-October 22, 2 PM, Bethel College, AC 203, Mishawaka,Indiana
-October 18, Human Trafficking Awareness Event, EYMC, Powell, Ohio
-October 15, Zondervan Headquarters, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- October 15, Calvin College Lecture, Grand Rapids, MI
-October 9th, 12:25 -2:05 PM, Catalyst Conference, Zondervan Booth, Atlanta, GA
- June 26-29 DRIVEN, Westerville, Ohio, Young Adult Conference
2007
- December 1, 8:00 am, Pataskala GBC, Pataskala, Ohio
















