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.

Friday, May 17, 2019

Who Hears the Screams of Women?

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A mission program we developed at Glide was a relationship with a school and clinic in one of the largest slums of Nairobi, Kenya. We retu...
Saturday, May 4, 2019

Perhaps God is Doing a New Thing, Right Before Our Very Eyes

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This is a time of tremendous anxiety in our denomination. The fallout from General Conference and the Judicial Council decision continues ...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Reach For Resurrection!

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During the past three days we gathered around a table to remember Jesus’ last supper with his disciples, remembered his betrayal, arrest and...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

On Palm Sunday Eve

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Laity, here is a secret many of you may not know: tomorrow morning is probably the Sunday your pastor most agonizes over: Is it Palm Sunday?...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

The Legacy We Leave Behind

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After a week of meetings in Grand Junction, Robin and I travelled to southwest Colorado. Our route took us through Moab where we took in som...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

From Death To Life

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It has been two weeks since the vote at General Conference. I watched in the days after as churches and pastors in the Mountain Sky ...
Saturday, March 9, 2019

Entering Lent

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Due to last week’s weather, Sunday will be the first time some of our Mountain Sky Conference churches have gathered since General Conferenc...
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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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