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Bishop Karen Oliveto
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Pastor, prophet, scholar and retired #UMC bishop. Living north of the 49th parallel. She/her 🏳️‍🌈
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Loved it!!! I can’t believe how few thunder storms we had this summer.
I love to hike. This trail in Oxford, known as the Bunny Trail, made me insanely happy.

(Future visitors be forewarned: this will be on the itinerary when you come visit us!)
You are the only YOU the world will ever know. Let your true colors shine!
I had a little tickle in my throat for a couple of days…then I tested passive for COVID. Ugh! Laid me flat for almost 10 days. I hope your ailments fade quickly!
A minion!!! I love how much you love them!
That joy is so needed in the public square. And if I’ve learned anything in the last 10 years it’s this: our joy is kryptonite to those who seek to oppress.
With all that’s going on in the world, I find myself wanting to disconnect. But this is not the pathway to change and healing.
I read this and it hit me deeply:

“ I try now to approach each person, event, creature, with two questions: how are you my teacher? What am I meant to learn?”
(Joyce Rupp)
I’ve been invited to be a guest on several Mormon-related podcasts that are LGBTQ-affirming. The conversations have been rich as we seek to build inclusive faith communities.

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Bringing Ministry to the Margins (With Bishop Karen Oliveto)
Podcast Episode · All Out in the Open · 2025-10-07 · 42m
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Salt boat coming into the Pugwash harbour this morning, at low tide, no less!
I reposted it on my FB page. It’s already been shared 26 times. I’m glad people are reading it and taking a notice.
Thanks for posting this—such a painful but important read.
Yes, they are! I spent every summer of my life in NS. It wasn’t until moving here full time in Sept 2024 that I learned they turn this colour it in the Fall. I love it!!!!
i thank You God for most this amazing
day (e e cummings)

A breathtakingly beautiful day in Nova Scotia.
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REMEMBER 1984
.. the novel not the year 🤣🤦‍♂️
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.”

People of faith, we need to be standing up for and with our neighbors. Be prepared!
Grateful to CLGS for the opportunity to present this lecture via zoom. For more info:

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Thanks for sharing a bit of your journey! You’re an inspiration!
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A Bishop, an Abbess, a Priest and a Deacon walk onto a cruise ship … (Bishop Karen, Barbara, Moi, and Robin)
There’s no room for hate in a leader’s toolbox—or in their heart. Hate only corrupts the soul of the hater, and is a catalyst for division of the very people one seeks to lead.