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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...

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...

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