diff --git a/pyensign/connection.py b/pyensign/connection.py
index d12300d..78be802 100644
--- a/pyensign/connection.py
+++ b/pyensign/connection.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def _ensure_ready(self):
         is a bit easier.
         """
 
-        if not self.channel:
+        if not self.channel or self.channel._loop.is_closed():
             self.channel = self.connection.create_channel()
             self.stub = ensign_pb2_grpc.EnsignStub(self.channel)
 
diff --git a/pyensign/ml/loader.py b/pyensign/ml/loader.py
index 63687c1..ff9b9eb 100644
--- a/pyensign/ml/loader.py
+++ b/pyensign/ml/loader.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import AsyncIterator, Iterator, List, Any
+from typing import AsyncIterator, Iterator, List, Any, Coroutine
 
 try:
     from langchain_core.document_loaders import BaseLoader
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     raise ImportError("please `pip install pyensign[ml]` to use the EnsignLoader")
 
 from pyensign.ensign import Ensign
+from pyensign.sync import async_to_sync
 
 
 class EnsignLoader(BaseLoader):
@@ -47,14 +48,42 @@ def _convert_to_document(self, event: Any) -> Document:
             metadata=event.meta,
         )
 
-    def load(self) -> Iterator[Document]:
+    async def _get_event_cursor(self, limit: int = 0, offset: int = 0) -> Coroutine:
+        """
+        Returns an event cursor that retrieves all events from the Ensign topic.
+        """
+
+        query = "SELECT * FROM {}".format(self.topic)
+        if limit > 0:
+            query += " LIMIT {}".format(limit)
+        query += " OFFSET {}".format(offset)
+        return await self.ensign.query(query)
+
+    async def _load_documents(self) -> List[Document]:
+        """
+        A helper coroutine that loads all documents from Ensign into memory.
+        """
+        cursor = await self._get_event_cursor()
+        events = await cursor.fetchall()
+        return [self._convert_to_document(event) for event in events]
+
+    async def _fetchone(self, limit: int = 0, offset: int = 0) -> Document:
+        """
+        Fetch one document from Ensign.
+        """
+
+        cursor = await self._get_event_cursor(limit=limit, offset=offset)
+        return await cursor.fetchone()
+
+    def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         """
         Loads all documents from Ensign into memory.
         Note: In production, this should be used with caution since it loads all
         documents into memory at once.
         """
 
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        # FIXME: This blocks forever in Jupyter notebooks.
+        return async_to_sync(self._load_documents)()
 
     async def aload(self) -> List[Document]:
         """
@@ -62,22 +91,33 @@ async def aload(self) -> List[Document]:
         TODO: Prevent SQL injection with the topic name.
         """
 
-        cursor = await self.ensign.query("SELECT * FROM {}".format(self.topic))
-        events = await cursor.fetchall()
-        return [self._convert_to_document(event) for event in events]
+        return await self._load_documents()
 
     def lazy_load(self) -> Iterator[Document]:
         """
-        Load documents from Ensign one by one lazily.
+        Load documents from Ensign one by one lazily. This method will be slower than
+        alazy_load because a new connection must be established to retrieve each
+        document. This is because Ensign queries currently only exist in an async
+        context.
         """
 
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        offset = 0
+        while True:
+            # FIXME: This blocks forever in Jupyter notebooks.
+            event = async_to_sync(self._fetchone)(limit=1, offset=offset)
+            if event is None:
+                break
+            offset += 1
+            yield self._convert_to_document(event)
 
     async def alazy_load(
         self,
-    ) -> AsyncIterator[Document]:  # <-- Does not take any arguments
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[Document]:
         """
-        Load documents from Ensign one by one lazily. This is an async generator.
+        An async generator that yields documents from Ensign one by one lazily. This is
+        the recommended method for loading documents in production.
         """
 
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        cursor = await self._get_event_cursor()
+        async for event in cursor:
+            yield self._convert_to_document(event)
diff --git a/tests/pyensign/ml/test_loader.py b/tests/pyensign/ml/test_loader.py
index 4d3538a..7b0dee6 100644
--- a/tests/pyensign/ml/test_loader.py
+++ b/tests/pyensign/ml/test_loader.py
@@ -1,10 +1,41 @@
+import os
 import pytest
+from unittest import mock
 from asyncmock import patch
 
 from pyensign.events import Event
+from pyensign.connection import Client, Connection
 from pyensign.ml.loader import EnsignLoader
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def live(request):
+    return request.config.getoption("--live")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def authserver():
+    return os.environ.get("ENSIGN_AUTH_SERVER")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def ensignserver():
+    return os.environ.get("ENSIGN_SERVER")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def creds():
+    return {
+        "client_id": os.environ.get("ENSIGN_CLIENT_ID"),
+        "client_secret": os.environ.get("ENSIGN_CLIENT_SECRET"),
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def topic():
+    return os.environ.get("ENSIGN_TOPIC")
+
+
 class TestEnsignLoader:
     """
     Tests for the EnsignLoader class.
@@ -23,9 +54,49 @@ def test_init_errors(self, topic, kwargs):
         arguments.
         """
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError), mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
             EnsignLoader(topic, **kwargs)
 
+    @patch("pyensign.ensign.Ensign.query")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "events",
+        [
+            ([Event(b"Hello, world!", mimetype="text/plain", meta={"id": "23"})]),
+            (
+                [
+                    Event(
+                        b'{"content": "hello"}',
+                        mimetype="application/json",
+                        meta={"page": "42"},
+                    ),
+                    Event(
+                        b"<h1>Hello, world!</h1>",
+                        mimetype="text/html",
+                        meta={"page": "23"},
+                    ),
+                ]
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_load(self, mock_query, events):
+        """
+        Test loading all documents from an Ensign topic
+        """
+
+        loader = EnsignLoader(
+            "otters",
+            client_id="my_client_id",
+            client_secret="my_client_secret",
+        )
+        mock_query.return_value.fetchall.return_value = events
+        documents = loader.load()
+        args, _ = mock_query.call_args
+        assert args[0] == "SELECT * FROM otters OFFSET 0"
+        assert len(documents) == len(events)
+        for i, document in enumerate(documents):
+            assert document.page_content == events[i].data.decode()
+            assert document.metadata == events[i].meta
+
     @patch("pyensign.ensign.Ensign.query")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "events",
@@ -60,8 +131,152 @@ async def test_aload(self, mock_query, events):
         mock_query.return_value.fetchall.return_value = events
         documents = await loader.aload()
         args, _ = mock_query.call_args
-        assert args[0] == "SELECT * FROM otters"
+        assert args[0] == "SELECT * FROM otters OFFSET 0"
         assert len(documents) == len(events)
         for i, document in enumerate(documents):
             assert document.page_content == events[i].data.decode()
             assert document.metadata == events[i].meta
+
+    @patch("pyensign.ensign.Ensign.query")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "events",
+        [
+            ([Event(b"Hello, world!", mimetype="text/plain", meta={"id": "23"})]),
+            (
+                [
+                    Event(
+                        b'{"content": "hello"}',
+                        mimetype="application/json",
+                        meta={"page": "42"},
+                    ),
+                    Event(
+                        b"<h1>Hello, world!</h1>",
+                        mimetype="text/html",
+                        meta={"page": "23"},
+                    ),
+                ]
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_lazy_load(self, mock_query, events):
+        """
+        Test lazily loading documents from an Ensign topic
+        """
+
+        loader = EnsignLoader(
+            "otters",
+            client_id="my_client_id",
+            client_secret="my_client_secret",
+        )
+        mock_query.return_value.fetchone.side_effect = events + [None]
+        i = 0
+        for document in loader.lazy_load():
+            print(document.page_content)
+            assert document.page_content == events[i].data.decode()
+            assert document.metadata == events[i].meta
+            args, _ = mock_query.call_args
+            assert args[0] == "SELECT * FROM otters LIMIT 1 OFFSET {}".format(i)
+            i += 1
+        assert i == len(events)
+
+    @patch("pyensign.ensign.Ensign.query")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "events",
+        [
+            ([Event(b"Hello, world!", mimetype="text/plain", meta={"id": "23"})]),
+            (
+                [
+                    Event(
+                        b'{"content": "hello"}',
+                        mimetype="application/json",
+                        meta={"page": "42"},
+                    ),
+                    Event(
+                        b"<h1>Hello, world!</h1>",
+                        mimetype="text/html",
+                        meta={"page": "23"},
+                    ),
+                ]
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    async def test_alazy_load(self, mock_query, events):
+        """
+        Test lazily loading documents asynchronously from an Ensign topic
+        """
+
+        loader = EnsignLoader(
+            "otters",
+            client_id="my_client_id",
+            client_secret="my_client_secret",
+        )
+        mock_query.return_value.__aiter__.return_value = events
+        i = 0
+        async for document in loader.alazy_load():
+            assert document.page_content == events[i].data.decode()
+            assert document.metadata == events[i].meta
+            i += 1
+        args, _ = mock_query.call_args
+        assert args[0] == "SELECT * FROM otters OFFSET 0"
+        assert i == len(events)
+
+    def test_live_lazy_load(self, live, ensignserver, authserver, creds, topic):
+        """
+        Test loading documents from a live Ensign connection. This test exists to
+        assert that the live connection recovers automatically during a lazy load,
+        which is necessary because the lazy_load method closes the connection after
+        each iteration.
+        """
+
+        if not live:
+            pytest.skip("Skipping live test")
+        if not ensignserver:
+            pytest.fail("ENSIGN_SERVER environment variable not set")
+        if not authserver:
+            pytest.fail("ENSIGN_AUTH_SERVER environment variable not set")
+        if not creds:
+            pytest.fail(
+                "ENSIGN_CLIENT_ID and ENSIGN_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables not set"
+            )
+
+        loader = EnsignLoader(
+            topic,
+            content_field="wiki_text",
+            client_id=creds["client_id"],
+            client_secret=creds["client_secret"],
+            endpoint=ensignserver,
+            auth_url=authserver,
+        )
+
+        # Test lazy load
+        for document in loader.load():
+            assert len(document.page_content) > 0
+
+    async def test_async_live_load(self, live, ensignserver, authserver, creds, topic):
+        """
+        Test loading documents from a live Ensign connection.
+        """
+
+        if not live:
+            pytest.skip("Skipping live test")
+        if not ensignserver:
+            pytest.fail("ENSIGN_SERVER environment variable not set")
+        if not authserver:
+            pytest.fail("ENSIGN_AUTH_SERVER environment variable not set")
+        if not creds:
+            pytest.fail(
+                "ENSIGN_CLIENT_ID and ENSIGN_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables not set"
+            )
+
+        loader = EnsignLoader(
+            topic,
+            content_field="wiki_text",
+            client_id=creds["client_id"],
+            client_secret=creds["client_secret"],
+            endpoint=ensignserver,
+            auth_url=authserver,
+        )
+
+        # Test batch load
+        documents = await loader.aload()
+        assert len(documents) > 0