Archives for January 18, 2021

We are inviting our friends to this year’s Martin Luther King Jr celebration at Luther Seminary. This year we will be exploring how Luther is being called to “Show Up” and live into God’s beloved community together. We will have appearances from Joe Davis and artist-in-residence Jearlyn Steele (of the legendary Steele family), along with a panel featuring Professor Beverly Wallace, Don Samuels, Tracy Gibson, and Michelle Edgerton. Each of them will speak from various roles at Luther as to how we confess the ways we have fallen short of this vision and how we celebrate the ways the Spirit has worked in our community to break down the walls that divide us. Hope to see you there!

Use this Zoom link to join us.

Eric Leafblad, Ph.D. candidate in pastoral care and counseling
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | 8:30–10:30 a.m.
Live stream on YouTube.

The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, staff, and guests; however, other than the candidate, only faculty members have speaking privileges.

What is a Ph.D. oral defense? The oral defense is the final step before graduation for Ph.D. degree candidates. The student has finished all research and is presenting a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of scholarship. A copy of the completed thesis is available prior to the defense for those in the Luther Seminary community.

Read “Ministry as a Strange Tool: A Study in Ministerial Logics.”

It is time to mark your calendars for the annual Clergy Tax Law Short Course/ELCA Benefit Introduction on Saturday, February 13. The morning course will serve as a brief primer to the intricacies of clergy tax law. All M.Div. students who graduated in December 2020 or who will graduate in winter term, spring semester, summer term, or December 2021 are encouraged to attend. The morning session is not denomination-specific.

The afternoon session will introduce the benefit package offered for employees in the ELCA. The afternoon session would be appropriate for any M.Div. or M.A. student who will be seeking employment with an ELCA organization.

If you missed this session in the past and would like to attend, you are more than welcome. If you are a local pastor and need a refresher, you are also welcome.

Register by Tuesday, February 9, 2021.

To register, visit the Clergy Tax/ELCA Benefit Workshop 2021 page.

8–8:30 a.m. Central – Set up and system testing

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. – Clergy Tax Law Short Course, provided by Clergy Financial Resources

12–12:30 p.m. – Break for lunch

12:30–2:30 p.m. – Portico Benefits Introduction (future ELCA employees)

Seminary students, faculty, and staff are invited.

Spouses/partners are welcome and encouraged to attend (even if student cannot attend).

Prior to the event, those that have registered will receive course materials and a Zoom link via email. The sessions will be recorded for those that cannot attend on the scheduled day.

Please note: If you will be doing a final year internship in 2021-22 and will not be on campus, this would be the year to attend.

Questions? Contact finaid@luthersem.edu.