Bishop Bruce Ough


Bishop Bruce R. Ough led the Dakotas-Minnesota Episcopal Area in 2012-2020. His blog posts during this time have been preserved here.

Blog Posts


Leave-taking


Christmas message: The Scandal of the Incarnation


State of the Church Address: You Have Never Traveled This Way Before


From gratitude to generosity


Easter message: The Story That Holds You in There


Reckless Love: Ash Wednesday message


A home for Jesus: Christmas message


Living into our inclusive vision


My hope is built on Jesus: World Communion Sunday message


Pray for our farmers


Pastoral message following Judicial Council rulings


Easter message: ‘Pray with your eyes wide open’


Living and dreaming together


‘For My Sake’: Ash Wednesday message


My heart is heavy


Preparing our hearts and minds for General Conference


The heart of the Magi: Bishop's Christmas message


A prayer for the harvest


Their silence fills the earth


Stewarding the church in the 21st century


To Go On Anyhow


The Risen Christ is Coming


Never again: Listen to the children


United Methodist Church to celebrate 50th anniversary


Extremophiles: Ash Wednesday with Bishop Ough


2018 New Year’s Greetings


Praying for Sutherland Springs


Praying for Las Vegas


The promise of Easter


Walking together


Embracing our DNA


Ash Wednesday: Moving Out of the Shadows


An Interrupted Life: Bishop's Christmas message


Are you prepared to vote?


Turning to God amid recent violence


Mni Wiconi (Lakota for “Water is Life”)


Them and us


Take the Rain to Heart: 2016 Easter message


Give Up Something Bad for Lent


Is peace possible?


When heaven and earth kiss


Overcome evil with good


The final exam


Take hold of Jesus’ feet


Children of the light


Stable time


Standing with immigrant families


Do justice


The essentials: What I have learned from Southeast Asia


Healing a broken world


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