Archives for October 6, 2021

Join us at 11 a.m. Central today for a service of Holy Communion in the Chapel of the Incarnation. Michael Chan, associate professor of Old Testament, will be our preacher.

If you cannot be there in person, you can use this livestream link.

Date: Monday, October 11
Time: 10-11:30 a.m.
Location: Zoom – Registration Link

More than just an art movement, minimalism is a growing philosophy and lifestyle that people around the world are choosing over a life of conspicuous consumption, debilitating debt, and over-scheduled calendars. Discover what living a minimalist life might look like for you; explore ways to declutter your living space, simplify your money life, and get rid of things that are anchoring you down.

The Stewardship Leaders Program, in partnership with Lutheran Social Services, is excited about offering this Money and Minimalism webinar free for all Luther students, faculty, and staff. This topic was chosen based on your input through a Financial Wellness survey we did last fall. Thank you so much for telling us what you need! NOTE: This webinar will be recorded and shared as soon as it is available

Questions? Contact Arlene Flancher (aflancher001@luthersem.edu) or Grace Pomroy (gpomroy001@luthersem.edu) of the Stewardship Leaders Program.

The Stewardship Leaders Program is excited about offering financial wellness opportunities for students to meet their individual needs.

Let us know how we can support you by filling out this short Financial Wellness Interest form.

When we hear from you, we will send more detailed information about next steps.

Ongoing Offerings
Financial Wellness Conversation with Grace Pomroy, Certified Financial Educator and director of the Stewardship Leaders Program
Debt Accompaniment Project – designed to help students craft realistic plans for reducing debt
Financial Counseling with Lutheran Social Services
Clergy Tax Information

Special Events/Webinars
Money and Minimalism – October 11 (morning)
Take the Mystery out of Student Debt – Monday, January 24, 2022 (morning)
Salary and Benefit Negotiation – Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (evening)
Clergy Tax – Date(s) TBD

Mail service is back. The USPO is back to normal daily pickup and delivery service to Luther Seminary. Thank you for your patience.

Who’s your favorite theologian (other than our own faculty-theologians, of course)? Is it one of the classic ‘Western’ theologians—from Augustine to Luther or Calvin—or a more contemporary scholar, like Ellen Davis?

Check out the brief bibliographies for many theologians—from historic figures to liberation theologians, and recent global theologians—on your Luther Seminary Library bibliography website.

Here you will find links to these remarkable scholars: Augustine, Aquinas, Irenaeus, Calvin, Luther, Wesley, Edwards, Kierkegaard, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Tillich—and more recently: Wolfhart Pannenberg and other Lutherans like Jenson, Braaten, Marty, Forde, Sittler, and Jungel; Reformed theologians like Moltmann, Torrance, Webster, Gunton, and Plantinga; evangelicals such as Bloesch, Yong, Grenz, Packer, Stott, and Vanhoozer; Methodist theologians like Hauerwas, Cobb, Oden, and Harkness; and biblical theologians such as Brueggemann, Bultmann, Blount, Trible, and many others. A few liberation theologians and global theologians are also represented—Cone, Gutierrez, Isasi-Diaz, Dolores Williams, and others.

We realize that not everyone will like the way we’ve categorized some of these, and we’re open to corrections, suggestions, or even to adding other important theologians. Just shoot us an email at reference@luthersem.edu.

The Concord has published its first issue for the 2021-22 school year! The title of the article is “The Future of The Concord,” by editor Bergen Eickhoff. It speaks of how The Concord, Luther Seminary’s long-running student newspaper, has struggled in the past decade, and how it is transforming itself to lift up the stories of every student. You can read it by going to The Concord’s website, or by going directly to “The Future of the Concord.”

You can expect to have an article published by The Concord every Wednesday for the remainder of the school year! So check back often to catch up on articles ranging from seminary news, religious news, opinion pieces, pop-culture hot takes, album reviews, articles about dinosaurs, and more! And if you would like to write for The Concord, you can either fill out the form on the website, or send a message to bnelson003@luthersem.edu. We’d love to have you write for us!