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.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Lean Into Love

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I am in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with the Spanish Language/Liberation Theology Immersion group from the Mountain Sky Conference. As our day c...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Breath of God

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All week I have been up at the YMCA Camp in Estes Park, first for Clergy Orders, and then for a cabinet meeting. What an inspiring place...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

What Will Your, What Will Our, Legacy Be?

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This month I’ve been spending a lot of time with our United Methodist history. I visited the United Methodist Archives one afternoon at ...
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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Come To The Table of Life!

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I t has always befuddled me when people would tell me that their least favorite Sunday was Communion Sunday. What would make someone dis...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

To Repair The World

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If there is one word that could sum up the week that we have collectively experienced, it is “brokenness”. Reading through my Facebook f...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

The Church and the #MeToo Movement

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Saturday was a joyous day as leaders from throughout the Mountain Sky Conference met in Bozeman Henry Timms shares with the MSC f...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Spirituality for Our Times

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I write this from a retreat center south of Denver. Following the conclusion of a weeklong cabinet meeting, I stayed on to enter into a ...
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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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