Karen Oliveto

INTO THE DEEP END I have never been one to enjoy a wading pool. Even as a small child, I couldn't wait to jump into the deep end of the pool. I loved being able to not just float on the surface, but dive deep, deeper still, into the watery depths. Funny, it is the way I like to live life as well.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Advent, Day 2: Rick Warren, Pastors, and Politics

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Why the big noise, nations? Why the mean plots, peoples? Earth-leaders push for position, Demagogues and delegates meet for summit talks, T...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Beginning the Advent Journey

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Hallelujah! I give thanks to God with everything I've got—Wherever good people gather, and in the congregation. God's works are so ...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Getting Gratitude

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I love Thanksgiving because out of all the holidays, it is the least commercialized. Christmas has been turned into a shopping frenzy. Easte...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Whose Table Is It, Really?

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It has been sobering to read about Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin banning Sen. Patrick Kennedy from receiving communion . Tobin has just...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

The Act of Friending as a Means to Be-Friending

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The word “unfriend” has recently been named word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary . “Unfriend” has made its way to the dict...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

You Have Now Entered...The Church Zone

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Five years ago, when I became Associate Dean at Pacific School of Religion , I had the most jarring experience: I went to the movies on a Sa...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Why do the powerful always create a bridge of compromise on the backs of the vulnerable?

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Why do the powerful always create a bridge of compromise on the backs of the vulnerable? History is filled with examples of how those in p...
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Karen Oliveto
I was born on Good Friday and raised in Babylon (a NY town on Long Island). Perhaps that says it all! I am a retired United Methodist Bishop. Before my election to the episcopacy in July 2016, I was senior pastor at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church and an adjunct professor of United Methodist Studies at Pacific School of Religion. I hold a PhD in Religion and Society from Drew University. I love studying the intersection of church and culture. I have a severe case of wanderlust, which I believe I inherited from my Uncle Howie. I am grateful that my ministry affords me opportunities to travel. I love meeting new people, learning from new cultural contexts, and working with communities to change the world.
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