Archives for April 21, 2022

In the current global climate we need to be extra alert to phishing attacks and scams. President Biden’s recent statement on cybersecurity underscores the need to be alert and aware.

To help with phishing awareness we’ve made a cybersecurity training course available to students in Moodle (it will be on the main course dashboard). I invite students to go through this short course and take the quiz at the end.

Everyone who has a login to the Luther Seminary network has a role to play to keep our digital campus secure. Phishers are not always interested in you or your information. They’re often interested in using your login and email account to phish other people at the seminary who have access to valuable personal information.

Completing the course earns you badge in Moodle. On May 27 at 3:00 p.m. we’ll give one random person who earned the badge a set of Apple Airpods. Winner will be notified by email.

Are you looking to bring more nuance to your text studies? Tired of using the same biblical commentaries over and over? Head on over to the Databases A-Z page and check out the digital commentaries the library has to offer. Don’t know where to start? Take a look at the recently acquired Anchor Yale Bible Commentary series online (your Luther Seminary username and password are required for access). Consider adding one or more of these resources to your exegetical quiver today in order to pierce the heart of the text.

Databases A-Z page: https://luthersem.libguides.com/az.php?a=all

Anchor Yale Bible Commentary: https://www-theologyandreligiononline-com.luthersem.idm.oclc.org/anchor-yale-bible-commentaries

As we all pray for Ukraine, its people and refugees, pray also for our sister seminaries (there are several), missionaries, and churches struggling to survive. This includes Ukraine’s historic Christian sites. The Saint Sophia Cathedral is the “spiritual heart of Kyiv and one of the most important sites in the Orthodox faith.”

The Kyiv Cathedral includes mosaics and frescoes as old as 1,000 years – including the magnificent “Icon of St. Basil the Great of Caesarea” pictured here in our library’s ‘theologian bibliographies‘.

We will gather in the Chapel of the Incarnation for worship on Thursday, April 21 at 11:00a.m. CST for a service of Word and Prayer. Our preacher is Agony Siwela, PhD Student. Paul Damico-Carper is our musician.

Watch online https://www.luthersem.edu/live/

The Luther Seminary community is invited to the second in our series of “Why Jesus” talks this spring. Adwoa Lewis-Wilson, a M.DivX student from Cohort 2, will be sharing her story of faith, and answering the questions: “Why am I a Christian?” and “What difference does Jesus make in my life?”

“Why Jesus” is a series initiated by Luther Seminary faculty, staff, and students in 2019 and is resuming this spring. It seeks to model the ancient Christian practice of testimony, sharing our personal stories of faith in order to encourage one another in Christian discipleship.

Adwoa will be speaking after chapel on Wednesday, April 27, downstairs in the Olson Campus Center (OCC) room 10. That is the same day as a community meal, so participants are encouraged to get their meal and bring it downstairs by noon. A Zoom link will be provided early next week for those who cannot attend in person.