Weekly Blog Posts
The following blog posts are written by Bishop Jen Nagel, Synod staff members, and leaders from the Minneapolis Area Synod.
Our legacies are complicated, but God’s is not
By Pastor Craig Pederson A week has passed since the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others who were on their way to [...]
The spiritual practice of letting go
By Pastor Deb Stehlin On Sunday, the people of Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley voted to call me as their senior pastor. They did this even though I warned them that choosing me means [...]
‘No other gods’
By Bishop Ann Svennungsen I was privileged to meet Drew Hart, religion professor at Messiah College, when I sat next to him at dinner last Tuesday before his lecture at Luther Seminary. Impressed with his [...]
Home field advantage
By Pastor John Hulden Pictures tell stories. Take a look at this photograph (on the right) from May 1919. These are St. Olaf College students, canoeing down the Cannon River to Red Wing, Minnesota, to [...]
“Dear God, thank you for today”
By Emilie Bouvier These days as I settle back into life in Minneapolis, I’ve been sharing a roof not only with two very close friends, but also their two amazing toddlers. Antalya, who is 4, [...]
Well, that’s absurd
By Bob Hulteen We work together so that all experience gracious invitation into life-giving Christian community and live in just and healthy neighborhoods. Yep, if you’ve been to any synod event with Bishop Ann in [...]
Our new religion
By Pastor Craig Pederson I’m writing this blog near the end of another Black Friday weekend, which seems to get more “biblical” every year. By that I mean that the seven days it took for [...]
The signs are already here
By Bishop Ann Svennungsen Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. During my last year of seminary, I had an 8:00 a.m. class on the Gospel of [...]
Abide with me
By Pastor Deb Stehlin For several months (yes, months!) Pastor Jorge Espinoza has been abiding at a mobile home park in Chaska. With others, he organized a summer soccer league, put on a day camp, [...]