Archives for May 3, 2023

In today’s devotion, Gayle Pope ’03 M.Div. reflects on the temptation to turn away from Christ that early followers would have felt. Read today’s devotion.

We gather at 11 a.m. CT in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online for a Service of Holy Communion.

Tim Coltvet, Director of Contextual Learning, will preach.

We will hold a special blessing of CPE students and interns toward the end of the service.

Share your prayer requests.

Join us for a meal today following chapel!

Ballots NOW OPEN for Student Council Executive Committee Elections! (As of the morning of May 3rd)

We value your input and your vote, please take a few minutes of time to review the candidates.

Please use a Luther Seminary email address to access the ballot form.

Elections will be open from now until May 5th at 12 PM CST.

Thank you for taking the time to vote, your voice is important! If you have any questions, please reach out to the Election Commissioners,

Devin Ames and Sarah Yotter

Just a reminder that applications are still being accepted for the Reverend Janet Karvonen-Montgomery Graduate Preaching Fellowship. The purpose of this fund is to award a Luther Seminary graduate a stipend for the freedom to study preaching and ministry in a variety of cultural contexts. Applications are being accepted until May 31, 2023. Click here to learn more and apply.

Ee Yan Tan, Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 104

The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff; 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 “Election in the Prophets and its Implications on Foreign Nations”

Rhoda Chamshama, Ph.D. Candidate
Friday, May 5, 2023 |11:00a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 104

The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff; 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 “Generation Gap: Church and Traditional Rituals in Handling Social, Spiritual, and Psychological Impacts of the Gap Among the Older and Young in the Maasai Community of Morogoro, Tanzania”