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What Only God's Power Can Do

February 19, 2026

Beloved in Christ, A few weeks ago, I noticed a particularly gnarly ice dam had formed at one corner of the roof of our house. As any Minnesotan knows, if not caught early, ice dams can be ...

The Long Perspective of God's Power

February 11, 2026

Beloved in Christ, Mount Tabor, the site of Jesus’ Transfiguration in this week’s gospel lesson, rises sharply and dramatically from the plains of the Jezreel Valley in southern Galilee...

Dangerous, Contagious, and Sustaining Hope

February 4, 2026

Beloved in Christ, Fannie Lou Hamer was an important community organizer, women’s rights activist, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. One night in 1963, she and several other...

Bishop Loya's Sermon at Episcopal Church Vigil January 13th

February 3, 2026

At one point in the grand Holy Spirit riff that is the Book of Acts, after Paul and Silas have whirled through town on one of their preaching tours, some local Christians are brought in front of the R...

One Church in Many Places

January 29, 2026

Beloved in Christ, On Tuesday, I received this public letter from Bishop Paula Clark of Chicago, expressing solidarity and support for all of us here in Minnesota. It is one example of the ...

Follow Me

January 24, 2026

Beloved in Christ,In the gospel lesson for this coming Sunday, Jesus starts to assemble his team, calling his first four disciples. They were all going about business as usual, mending their nets, doi...

On Earth as it is in Heaven

January 15, 2026

Beloved in Christ, Thank you to all of you who joined Tuesday night's prayer vigil with the wider Episcopal Church. Below is the reflection I offered at that gathering:At one point in ...

Bishop Loya's Response to Events in Minneapolis January 2026

January 8, 2026

Beloved in Christ,Matthew’s account of Epiphany, the feast we celebrated yesterday, shows that there are two responses to the manifestation of a poor, helpless, migrant child lying in a feeding trou...

What is God Up To?

December 19, 2025

Beloved in Christ, One reason why the pace of modern life feels so frenetic is that our attention has been colonized. Social media algorithms actively shape how we perceive reality, news he...

Making Room for God's Mercy

December 11, 2025

Beloved in Christ, With the sudden and aggressive onset of Minnesota winter this week, I’ve been feeling appropriately sluggish, as I imagine many of us are. I’m not moving as fast, wor...

Going to the Edges

December 5, 2025

Beloved in Christ, Jesus arrives on the margin. The Judean wilderness where this Sunday’s gospel reading is set, and where Jesus first appears in public in Matthew, is far away from the hub of ...

Bishop Loya's Convention Address - 2025

November 14, 2025

You can find a pdf of the Bishops Address by clicking here.Puedes encontrar la dirección del Obispo en español aquí. Bishop’s Address to ConventionRt. Rev. Craig W. Loya, ECMN Convention, 20...

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