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Re-Wild Christmas

December 18, 2024

Beloved in Christ, Luke’s telling of the Christmas story begins with the world’s power brokers flexing their muscle by sending the desperate poor scurrying to be registered in their hom...

Rejoice in the Lord of Love

December 12, 2024

Beloved in Christ, Rejoice in the Lord, Paul exhorts us in this Sunday’s reading from Philippians. Rejoice always, in fact. That’s a tall order. Sure, I can rejoice when I get what...

Uneven Geography

December 4, 2024

Beloved in Christ, I grew up in North Platte, Nebraska - a railroad, cattle, and farm town that sits right on Interstate 80 at the gateway to the western expanse of the state. Across Nebras...

Gratitude Rooted in God's Love

November 27, 2024

Dearly Beloved, In this classic TED talk, Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast explains it’s not that happiness makes us grateful, it’s that gratitude makes us happy. Most of us spend mo...

The Upside Down Kingdom of Jesus

November 20, 2024

Beloved in Christ, This Sunday is the feast of Christ the King. It was first added to the Christian calendar by Pope Pius XI in 1925, in the bitterly divided aftermath of World War I, when nation...

Come, Lord Jesus, Come

November 13, 2024

Beloved in Christ, Preachers often refer to weeks around the turn of the liturgical year as the “doom and gloom Sundays,” because the scripture readings feature themes of judgment ...

Bishop Loya's Convention Address - 2024

November 8, 2024

To All God’s Beloved in Minnesota, Grace to you and Peace, from God our Creator, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, who gives us life through crucified love, and holds us together when things fall...

God's Good Thing for the World

November 6, 2024

Dearly Beloved, At five o’clock this morning, my daughter and I went for a run together, as we often do. It was very dark, and the fog was so dense we couldn’t see more than a few feet ...

What Does Love Look Like?

October 31, 2024

Beloved in Christ, What does love look like?That’s the core question every follower of Jesus is called to ask themselves. In every situation, every moment, every encounter. What does love...

The Loving Light of God

October 23, 2024

Beloved in Christ, This week, I read Frederick Bauerschmidt’s book The Love That Is God. It’s a wonderfully refreshing primer on what Christians believe, and what we mean when we say “God i...

Turning Towards God

October 9, 2024

Beloved in Christ, Every morning at almost exactly 6:00 am, I sit down for twenty minutes of centering prayer. This time is simply about resting in God’s presence. Every time my mind starts to ...

Facing Challenges

October 2, 2024

Beloved in Christ,I spent most of the day yesterday visiting the cathedral in Faribault. I had lunch and conversation with the congregation, celebrated Eucharist with them, got a tour of some of the r...

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