Archives for May 2021

Are you interested in learning more about the secular age from Professor Andy Root? Then, this is for you! Enter for your chance to win a bunch of books, and learn more about the book studies hosted by Professor Andy Root and Tripp Fuller starting in June.

Register to win today and learn more about this awesome opportunity.

When is the class?
The class is asynchronous, and you can participate fully without being present at any specific time. Six weekly streaming session will take place at 5 p.m. Eastern (4 p.m. Central) Tuesdays starting June 15. Sign up for the class today!

What does it cost?
It is a pay-what-you-can fee structure, so you get to decide.

Next week, the food shelf will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday while we transition into our summer hours. It will be open 2-4 p.m. Thursday, June 3. We will be communicating when we will be open over the summer soon. Stay tuned!

We hope you can join us today at 11 a.m. Central on Zoom for our last chapel service of the year! Seminary Pastor Jeni Grangaard will be preaching. The Zoom link will be provided in the community announcements email.

Now that we are one year removed from the murder of George Floyd, we must ask ourselves this question: Who is God calling us to be in this moment? How are we called to dismantle systems of oppression that still reside in our city and become repairers of the breach? National performing artist and public theologian Reverend Sekou will lead us in a Holy Conversation about how Christian public leaders can become anti-racist militant non-violent resistors. Come with an open heart and mind!  

WHAT: Holy Conversation with Reverend Sekou
WHEN: Tuesday, May 25, 11 a.m. Central
WHERE: The Zoom link will be included in the community announcements email.
WHO: All are welcome who wish to be challenged and inspired!

For more information, please contact David Scherer (dscherer002@luthersem.edu).

Sekou’s Tiny Desk Concert

Sekou on Social Justice as a Spiritual Discipline

Sekou’s Bio: A leading public intellectual, Reverend Sekou has written two collections of essays, “Urbansouls: Meditations on Youth, Hip Hop, and Religion” and “Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the Future of Democracy.” He has written widely on the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan by British police and the subsequent London riots, and is the author of the forthcoming “Riot Music: Race, Hip Hop and the Meaning of the London Riots 2011” (Hamilton Books).

Sekou was a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at the time of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing, and traveled to Ferguson in mid-August 2014 on behalf of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (the country’s oldest interfaith peace organization) to organize alongside local and national groups.

All gatherings will be at 11 a.m. Central on Zoom. The Zoom link will be in the community announcements email.

Monday, May 24 – Sabbath
We invite you to use the 11 a.m. Central time for sabbath as we rest as a community where we are.

Tuesday, May 25 – Holy Conversations
Reverend Sekou will lead our Holy Conversations time today. Be sure to join us for a very special time of conversation at 11 a.m. Central on Zoom, our last Holy Conversation of the semester.

Sekou’s Bio: A leading public intellectual, Reverend Sekou has written two collections of essays, “Urbansouls: Meditations on Youth, Hip Hop, and Religion” and “Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the Future of Democracy.” He has written widely on the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan by British police and the subsequent London riots, and is the author of the forthcoming “Riot Music: Race, Hip Hop and the Meaning of the London Riots 2011” (Hamilton Books).

Sekou was a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at the time of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing, and traveled to Ferguson in mid-August 2014 on behalf of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (the country’s oldest interfaith peace organization) to organize alongside local and national groups.

Wednesday, May 26 – Last Chapel Service of the Semester
Preacher: Professor Rolf Jacobson
Join us at 11 a.m. Central on Zoom for our last chapel service of the semester. Hope to see you there!

The Bockman Hall and OCC lots will be closed for resurfacing all day tomorrow, May 25. The lots will reopen Wednesday, May 26. We apologize for the short notice.