Weekly Blog Posts
The following blog posts are written by Bishop Jen Nagel, Synod staff members, and leaders from the Minneapolis Area Synod.
The Tapestry of Food, Music, and Education
By Melissa Melnick Gonzalez This post continues the Mission Table’s “Year of Partnership” highlighting the new and strategic ministries of the Minneapolis Area Synod. Tapestry is one of three new mission development congregations, and [...]
Church Together in Puerto Rico
By Bishop Jen Nagel I returned last week from five days in Puerto Rico, at the Bishops Academy of the ELCA and the ELCIC (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada). Held every two years in various [...]
The Newness of 2025
By Nicholas Tangen When I start to feel overwhelmed – a seemingly more regular occurrence these days – I will look for a messy drawer or a cluttered shelf to reorganize. I take everything out [...]
Counting Joys and Hopes
By Pastors Jorge and Stephanie Espinoza, Iglesia Luterana Cristo Obrero This post continues the Mission Table's "Year of Partnership" highlighting the new and strategic ministries of the Minneapolis Area Synod. Cristo Obrero is one of [...]
Stir Up Our Hearts, O God
By Bishop Jen Nagel Advent blessings, dear ones. We are smack in the middle of this season of preparation for Christ’s birth. Around our house we’ve gotten as far as putting the lights on [...]
Advent Waiting and Movie Watching
By Pastor John Hulden Have you heard of the new movie that is causing theological and historical debates? It’s a film about religion and the consequential actions that arise out of a strong belief in [...]
A Song of Thanksgiving
By Johan Baumeister One of my favorite hymns goes "Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God the Creator triumphantly raise." I like the soaring and majestic tune. I find beauty in the [...]
The Landscape of the Changing Church
By Nick Tangen A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to share a bit about the work of Faith Practices & Neighboring Practices with the Metro New York Synod at their Bishop’s Conference. The [...]
More Than Singing the Old Hymn
By Pastor Wondimu Sonessa As part of the DEM office and the Mission Table’s “Year of Partnership” project, we are glad to highlight our Amazing Grace Ministry (AGM) and invite your congregation to start partnership [...]
Shining like the sun
By Bishop Jen Nagel I write this blog in the in-between hours, the anxious times, between All Saints Day and the close of Election Day. Regardless of party or persuasion, our nation is holding [...]