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A New Song

October 29, 2025

Beloved in Christ, There’s an old quip about church music that goes something like, “no one ever leaves the service humming the sermon.” Indeed, music forms us in deep, lasting, and embodie...

Connecting Across Differences

October 22, 2025

Beloved in Christ, It’s been an eventful few weeks in the wider Anglican Communion. Bishop Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London, was chosen to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the he...

Persistent Gentle Kindness

October 15, 2025

Beloved in Christ, When I was seven, I was hospitalized several times in a short period for a respiratory illness that was much more serious than I had any ability to appreciate at the time. I re...

We Have Been Set Free

October 10, 2025

Beloved in Christ, Like most people, I am at my worst when I believe I have something to prove. When I think I need to prove to others that I am smart enough, or good enough, or right enough, or ...

Surrender to the Living God

October 1, 2025

Beloved in Christ, Many years ago, I returned home from an afternoon of errand running with a car full of groceries and other household supplies. It took several trips to get everything inside, a...

Chasm Crossings

September 24, 2025

Beloved in Christ, This past Monday, I woke up with the intention of taking a day off to reset after two weeks out of the country, followed by a weekend traveling in the diocese. But ...

La Gratitud, El Amor, and La Alegría

September 18, 2025

Beloved in Christ, I am in the Diocese of Cuba this week for the consecration of the new bishop here. As many of you know, we have a long and rich history with Cuba, as Bishop Whipple played a cr...

Choosing to Follow Jesus

September 4, 2025

Beloved in Christ, One of my many irritating qualities is that I can be very slow to make a decision. In smaller and larger choices, I can spend so much time considering all the pros and cons, th...

A Message from Bishop Loya on Today's Shooting in Minneapolis

August 27, 2025

Beloved in Christ,Like all of you, I am devastated by news of the mass shooting at Annunciation Church and School in south Minneapolis this morning. Our metro area congregations have many close connec...

Defiant Joy and Absurd Hope

Beloved in Christ, The reading from Genesis 15 appointed for this Sunday comes a few chapters after Abram and Sarai have left everything to follow the outrageous promise of a God they barely know...

The Liberating News of God

Beloved in Christ, One way I’ve been dealing with the painful brokenness of our national life recently is by returning to the musical Hamilton on my commute and long walks. &nbsp...

Community Knit by God's Love

Beloved in Christ, This week, I am at our diocesan youth camp in western Minnesota. We spend each morning in worship and Bible study, followed by afternoons full of all the well-loved camp ...

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