Archives for January 13, 2023

In this devotion, Kurt Keljo ’81 M.Div. writes that faith does not guarantee a smooth journey, but Jesus promises to be with us come what may. Read today’s God Pause.

Here’s the schedule of Intensive Week activities for today through Monday. For complete details, see the January 2023 Intensive Schedule and FAQ Document.

Friday, January 13, 2023  

• All Day—Eco Faith Stuff Swap, 2nd floor OCC
• 8:00–10:50 a.m.—Intensive Classes                         
• 11:00–11:25 a.m.—Chapel
• 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—Lunch (pre-ordered)
• 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—Listening Session, Dining Room C
• 12:30–5:20 p.m.—Intensive Classes

Saturday, January 14, 2023

• No Classes on Campus

Sunday, January 15, 2023

• No Classes on Campus

Monday, January 16, 2023

• Campus Closed in Recognition of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 6:30–8:30 p.m.—Off Campus Event: Beer and Hymns with the Fleshpots of Egypt (including Dean Rolf Jacobson) playing at the Dubliner Pub in St. Paul

11 a.m. in the OCC Dining Room or online via Zoom (see email). Marcus Simmons, M.Div. student, will be leading us in song and worship.

The DL Intensive and RFS Committee of Student Council would like to hear your voice! BYO lunch to Dining Room C (in the back of the dining hall in OCC) after chapel on Friday during both intensive weeks. What has your experience with intensive and RFS sessions been? What has been good and what has been difficult? How can the overall experience be improved? Dean Terri Elton and members of the Student Council will be in attendance to hear from you. We hope to see you there!

Dear Luther Community,

In April 2021, we began sharing with the community a document that framed our DEI work, naming it as ABIDE. The document’s authors, Matt Skinner, Lois Malcom, Ken Reynhout, and Mark Tranvik produced what later became known as the ABIDE document and this was shared across our community. 

We are now preparing to get the ABIDE document approved as an institutional document. 

Several departments have already provided feedback and we want to invite you to our final community-wide feedback session. This will be an on-line gathering via Zoom.

We are hoping to present this to the board at the May board meeting. Once the communication process has been concluded, the original authors of the document will amend it and prepare it for presentation to the board. Our aim, ultimately, is to steer a process that will culminate in the board’s review and approval for use of the ABIDE document as an institutional document.

The final ABIDE session is this Friday, January 13, 2023, from 1pm-2pm (facilitators Dr. Ken Reynhout and Dr. Lois Malcolm.) 

The Zoom link will be shared via email.

On this “MLK Day,” January 17, and the week following, Luther Library offers a wide range of bibliographic resources on King’s life and legacy, especially these new book titles on MLK.

Note also the New Book List that features two brand new titles by Luther Sem Faculty, Amy Marga and Jennifer Wojciechowski.