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, February 22, 2020

Mountain Movers

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Tomorrow is the story of the transfiguration (Matthew 17), when Peter, James and John went to the mountain top with Jesus and he was s...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

TO LOVE BOLDLY

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I confess, my heart is troubled. The political posturing in our country has reached a new level of incivility and I fear for the natio...
Saturday, February 1, 2020

The Church Has Left the Building

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This week, I spent a couple of days with students and faculty at Candler School of Theology. On the day I was preaching, a student took m...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Jesus Is Calling

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F acebook has been reminding me that five years ago I was the Holy Land with a group from the church I last served. I have loved the pictu...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

Remember Your Baptism!

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Today was a travel day, leaving Denver by plane for Helena, and then heading out from Helena to Salmon, Idaho, where I will be preaching...
Saturday, December 28, 2019

The Ending of Innocence

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The sanctuary—on this fourth day of Christmas--now looks a little worse for wear—while it was all spruced up for Advent and Christmas...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS...

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A ll this past week I found myself returning to the Hebrew scriptures, to the prophet Isaiah’s words, “The people who walked in darkness…”...
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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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