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The Very Heart of God

Beloved in Christ, This past Saturday, around thirty leaders from our multi-cultural and culturally specific faith communities gathered for an afternoon of prayer, conversation, dreaming, and disce...

A Wild, Ecstatic Moment

Beloved in Christ, We had some intense winds here in the metro area overnight on Monday, and a lot of us were dragging on Tuesday after a bad night of sleep. Having grown up on the prairies and the...

Do You Want to Be Well?

Beloved in Christ, George Floyd was murdered on the streets of Minneapolis two years ago today. As a bishop whose ministry began in its immediate aftermath, as a global protest movement was surging...

Love for God's Sake

Beloved in Christ, Bernard of Clairvaux was a twelfth century monk who framed the spiritual life as four degrees of love we progress through on the path toward emotional and spiritual maturity. The...

Pushing the Boundaries, Pulling Us Closer

Beloved in Christ, One of the many small, great things about being Bishop of Minnesota is that I sit on the board of the Minnesota Council of Churches. This afternoon, I attended my first in-p...

The Holy Spirit Stirring

Beloved in Christ, This past weekend, between the diocesan confirmation service at St. Mark’s Cathedral and my Sunday visitation, I confirmed or received around eighty people from ten different f...

The Heart of the Universe is Relationship

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ...

A man in a sweater smiles at the camera.

A man in a sweater smiles at the camera.

Introducing ECMN's new Minister for Children & Youth

Beloved in Christ, I am delighted to announce that Dan Miglets-Nelson has accepted my invitation to serve as ECMN's Minister for Children and Youth. Dan is a gifted youth minister with over 15 year...

Soaking in Joy

Beloved in Christ, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! As disciples of Jesus, our faith is an embodied faith, and our hope is a bodily hope. In these past two years, we have been reminded of how we ...

Chrism Mass Sermon 2022

This sermon was delivered at the Renewal of Vows services for Clergy during Holy Week, 2022. I saw a quip the other day that went something like: “new pastors imagine they will change t...

Holy Week Alternate Translations

Several faith communities have asked about using alternate translations of the Good Friday readings, to avoid concerns about language that can be heard as antisemitic. There are a number of great reso...

Holy Play

Beloved in Christ, I spent more time than I am proud to admit on my vacation last week preparing for the draft in my fantasy baseball league. For many years, I have been part of a league with some ...

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