Weekly Blog Posts
The following blog posts are written by Bishop Jen Nagel, Synod staff members, and leaders from the Minneapolis Area Synod.
Serving Those Who Serve
By Sarah Maslowski It’s Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and a zoom meeting has begun. Not everyone is there yet because CYF staff are known more for their relational skills than their timely ones. As [...]
Come, Holy Spirit, Come
By Bishop Jen Nagel More than 800 voting members and hundreds of visitors, observers, volunteers, and staff spent last week in Phoenix at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly. From Minneapolis [...]
Sent Out Beyond Your Recall
By Pastor Colin Grangaard, YAGM Alum First Lutheran Church of Crystal, Brooklyn Park God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the [...]
New Jobs & Calls – Before and After
By Pastor John Hulden I’ve been blessed to work with dozens of first call pastors. I’ve also visited with many call committees pondering calling a new seminary graduate. To get a congregation in the mindset [...]
Building Beloved Community – We Can’t Do It Alone
This post is one of the monthly posts blog posts written by the deans of the conferences of the Minneapolis Area Synod. By Pastor Rhonda Hlavinka Salem English Lutheran Church, Minneapolis Dean of the [...]
Is God Calling You to Partner With Us?
This post continues the Mission Table’s “Year of Partnership” highlighting the new and strategic ministries of the Minneapolis Area Synod. Lao Evangelical Lutheran is one of the strategic ministries and worships in Robbinsdale. By Pastor [...]
The Next Season of Faith and Neighboring
By Nicholas Tangen In 2020, Pastor John Hulden and Former Bishop Ann Svennungsen submitted a grant proposal to the Lilly Endowment called “Faith Practices & Neighboring Practices: Renewing Congregational Imagination,” envisioning a learning community in [...]
Churchwide Assembly 2025: For the Life of the World
By Bishop Jen Nagel At the end of this month, July 28 - August 2, 2025, many will gather for our Churchwide Assembly, this time in Phoenix, Arizona. Just as congregations come together for annual meetings, [...]
Anxious Generation
This post is one of the monthly posts blog posts written by the deans of the conferences of the Minneapolis Area Synod. By Pastor Sue Olson Long Lake Lutheran Church, Isanti Dean of the Northern Conference In [...]
Church Together This Summer
By Jeni Huff One thing that makes my heart so happy is seeing how churches partner together through kids’ programming throughout the summer. I see Church Together when churches offer their Vacation Bible School (VBS) [...]