Weekly Blog Posts
The following blog posts are written by Bishop Jen Nagel, Synod staff members, and leaders from the Minneapolis Area Synod.
Blessings for Epiphany
By Bishop Jen Nagel We have an olivewood nativity set in our family. It’s set up atop the piano with Joseph and Mary, and the young baby Jesus surrounded by curious shepherds, a few sheep, and a lowly donkey. Now some put all the characters into [...]
Golden Harvest
By Pastor Ryan Fletcher How dear to me is your dwelling, O LORD of hosts! Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young, by the [...]
Overwhelmed to Comforted
By Pastor Jen Collins Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. (Isaiah 40:1) What’s your word right now? Mine is OVERWHELMED. As I spend time with people in various communities, the number one [...]
Real Presence at Christmastime
This post is one of the monthly posts blog posts written by the deans of the conferences of the Minneapolis Area Synod. By Pastor Sheryl Bousu Lyndale Lutheran Church, Maple Plain 394 Corridor North Conference *“It’s the [...]
Two Tablets — The O.G. of Power and Boundaries Education
By Pastor John Hulden Our synod’s annual Power and Boundaries Workshops have just concluded. This year they were led by my colleague from the Southeastern Minnesota Synod, Pastor Emily Carson. Karen Alexander, our synod’s Administrator [...]
Building Up Scaffolding
By Pastor Jen Collins Since God chose you to be the holy people God loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive anyone [...]
The Odds and Ends of Being Church Together
This post is one of the monthly posts blog posts written by the deans of the conferences of the Minneapolis Area Synod. By Pastor Trevor Skorburg Zion Lutheran, Buffalo Dean of the Western Waters Conference What [...]
Abundant Life
This post continues the Mission Table’s “Year of Partnership” highlighting the new and strategic ministries of the Minneapolis Area Synod. Our Redeemer Oromo Evangelical Church is one of the strategic ministries and worships in [...]
Connected Through Call
By Bishop Jen Nagel We’ve had a season of ordinations this fall around Minneapolis Area Synod. Ian Heseltine was ordained as a deacon with a call to serve in development at Augsburg University. With ties [...]
Start Small
By Nicholas Tangen Last month, we received word that the Minneapolis Area Synod would receive a “scaling grant” from the Lilly Endowment to continue and expand the work of Faith & Neighboring Practices. We are [...]