Weekly Blog Posts
The following blog posts are written by Bishop Jen Nagel, Synod staff members, and leaders from the Minneapolis Area Synod.
Putting families first … with grace
By Meghan Olsen Biebighauser I don’t know what it’s like at your house, but in my house the kids are running wild. Frances, my seven-year- old, changes out of her PJs maybe every other [...]
A prophetic nonprofit
By Pastor John Hulden Bread for the World was in the news a few weeks ago. Florida Congressman Ted Yoho resigned from its Board of Directors after his very uncivil exchange with New York Congresswoman [...]
We are God’s people
By Rev. Dick Magnus Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10 I love [...]
From awakening into newness
By Eric Howard I was driving through a small town north of Tucson, Arizona, headed back to my college dorm room. I was making a turn in when I saw the police lights against the [...]
Taking Sunday morning to the street
By Pastor Kelly Chatman Since the beginning of the pandemic and death of George Floyd, the world seems to have shifted. The ways we gather and seek to walk in close relationship with God and [...]
Liberating the narthex
By Emilie Bouvier A photo in my phone from five weeks ago shows an empty can of Sprite and a wrapper sitting in the baptismal font at the front of the sanctuary at Holy Trinity. [...]
Heirs of a promise
By Bishop Ann Svennungsen My son-in-law may never live down the fact that he carried a pocket-sized constitution with him all through 12th grade. I’m not sure I’ve even read its 4,543 words (7,591 if [...]
Stay awake, be woke
By Bishop Ann Svennungsen “Stay awake.” At the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus asks the disciples to keep watch with him; to stay awake. In describing the life of discipleship, Jesus says, “Be alert. Many will [...]
Pandemic, Uprising, and Self Care
By Jeni Huff Jesus was an exemplary servant of others during his time on Earth but, in his agony, before he was crucified, Jesus stepped away for time by himself to pray in the Garden of [...]
What scripture is carrying you?
By Pastor John Hulden So, what scripture is carrying you these days? Our prayer list is long: Global pandemic. George Floyd, killed on a Minneapolis street by Minneapolis police. A social uprising demanding justice for [...]