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.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

On the Eve of a New Year

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As we stand poised in this liminal space between 2024 and 2025, I have been thinking about how January gets its name from the Roman god Janu...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Grace-Filled Rhythms for Life

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  Following the World Methodist Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, Robin and I have been traveling around Scandinavia—a part of the world we ...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

The Olympian In All of Us

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  It seems that everywhere you go, people have tuned into the Olympics (I love that there are members of the Mountain Sky witnessing the gam...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Happy New Appointment Year!

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 Today is the first Sunday of the new appointment year. For those who are receiving new appointments, it is a day of anxiety: will this new ...
Monday, June 3, 2024

What Are We Teaching the Children?

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  What are we teaching the children? Children have been on my mind a lot these past few days. How do we adults explain to our children the...
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Yes, Jesus Loves Me

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  “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so…” This is the very first song nearly every child learns in a Christian Sunday Sch...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Where Love and Joy Dance

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 How apt that this past week’s lectionary was from I John 4, a beautiful passage on love—the love God has for us and the love we ought to ha...
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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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