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Bishop's Address 2023

November 10, 2023

To All God’s Beloved in Minnesota, Grace to you and peace from the God who immerses us in the loving waters of baptism, from Jesus who opens up new horizons of justice, and from the Holy Spirit w...

Memento Mori

November 1, 2023

Beloved in Christ, There is a small, glass skull that sits on the desk of my home office. I keep it there for several reasons. It is a blunt reminder that I am mortal, and that life is short. Seein...

Dancing on the Stormy Sea

October 25, 2023

Beloved in Christ, This past weekend, I joined the Diocese of Iowa for their annual convention. Bishop Betsy Monnot is an extraordinary bishop from whom I've already learned a great deal, so i...

God Always Takes a Side

October 11, 2023

Beloved in Christ, In 2015, I had a chance to meet with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Middle East. I was with a group of Anglican cathedral deans from the U.S. and Canada, and I...

And I Mean To Be One, Too

October 4, 2023

Beloved in Christ, Today is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Francis is undoubtedly one of the most widely recognized and well-loved saints in Christian history. But the popular image of th...

Who is at the Center?

September 27, 2023

Beloved in Christ, On Monday evening, I had the great joy of being present for Bible study at Calvary in Rochester. They are reading the Gospel of Luke as part of our diocesan-wide scripture study ...

The Harder You Try, the Worse It Gets

September 20, 2023

Beloved in Christ, In recent years, I have become a big fan of the novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. They are long, complex, and demanding reads, of course, but I recently heard someone say the main poi...

The Mystery of the Cross

September 15, 2023

Beloved in Christ, Yesterday was the Feast of the Holy Cross. In the ancient world, it was laughable for a small Jewish sect to claim that the God of the whole cosmos is revealed most fully in the ...

Woven Into God's Fabric

September 12, 2023

Beloved in Christ, I am spending a few days this week in the Navajoland Area Mission as part of the work for a standing commission I serve on for the General Convention. This morning, we visit...

Healed by the Light of Love

September 6, 2023

Beloved in Christ, One of the soundtracks of my childhood was a constant stream of Norteño music, which is a sort of country-folk style from northern Mexico. It was always playing while my grandmo...

Sing in the Morning, Sing in the Evening

August 29, 2023

Beloved in Christ, I’m excited to be walking through the Gospel of Luke this fall with so many of you. It has been wonderful to see the many different ways faith communities and other groups are ...

Gardening God's Love

August 22, 2023

Beloved in Christ, On Sunday, I made two visitations in the Southeast Mission Area. In the morning, I visited Christ Church in Red Wing, which worships in a glorious historic building close to the ...

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