Weekly Blog Posts
The following blog posts are written by Bishop Jen Nagel, Synod staff members, and leaders from the Minneapolis Area Synod.
In-between time
By Pastor John Hulden At our Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly this past weekend, the 500+ voting members elected a new bishop to begin serving in August. Good work y’all! We are church together. Full disclosure, [...]
The pneuma world order
By Bob Hulteen Whew. I just got news that the American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation of the resolutions under consideration at Synod Assembly this weekend will arrive in time (barely) to publish them on the [...]
Ambient neighboring
By Nicholas Tangen Last week, as the temperature climbed into the 50s and the sun shone down across Northeast Minneapolis, a familiar thing happened. Neighbors up and down Pierce Street began poking their heads out [...]
The lasting influence of the first encounter
By Pastor Wondimu Sonessa Life is sometimes like a pendulum. It swings back and forth between our past experiences and new encounters in our daily life. Once a force is exerted on it and sets [...]
No partiality
By Pastor Craig Pederson Peter began to speak to [the people]: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to [...]
Good Friday cleanup
By Pastor John Hulden I got out voted. Again. First it was a golden retriever named Addey. All four of our kids, along with my wife Becky, used democracy to their advantage for a dog [...]
‘Got no money for to go their bail’
By Manny Lewis In our quest for justice and order, we've implemented systems that, while intended to protect the community, can sometimes wreak havoc on the lives of the very individuals they are meant to [...]
Soup supper season
By Nicholas Tangen Of soup and love, the first is best. – Spanish Proverb Lent is for me, the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the part of the church year where we don’t [...]