Archives for June 2, 2023

In today’s devotion, Dave Alan Nerdig ’81 M.Div. reminds us of our call to spread the gospel. Read today’s devotion.

Doneisha (“Dee”) Marinnie has been hired as Faith+Lead’s associate director of digital marketing. Dee brings a wealth of digital marketing experience to the Faith+Lead team, from agency work with clients around the world to building her own successful ecommerce business. Dee has been working with Faith+Lead as a contractor for the past several months, and her efforts helped double listenership for the most recent season of the Pivot Podcast. Dee is deeply passionate about Faith+Lead’s mission and is excited to join the team as a remote employee from New Jersey. She begins June 5.

Tessa Pinkstaff has shifted from Faith+Lead Academy Project Manager to Live Learning Manager for Faith+Lead, effective May 1. In this role, Tessa manages and oversees the live learning offerings, including learning communities, workshops, and webinars, offered by Faith+Lead. In this enhanced role, Tessa will help develop strategic paths for learners and leaders to engage and go deeper in transformational learning.

Lara Moll has been converted from a contract role to an employee as a digital content specialist for the Faith+Lead team. Lara has worked with Faith+Lead for a few years now with duties as varied as social media management to podcast editing. She will help extend Luther Seminary’s digital reach to millions of learners and leaders around the world each year.

Jamie Gile has also shifted from a contract role to an employee as business operations coordinator for Faith+Lead. In this role, Jamie provides day-to-day support and execution for the business and operations dimensions of Faith+Lead.

Please join me in welcoming Dee to Luther and congratulating Tessa, Lara, and Jamie on their new roles. Questions? Contact Dwight Zscheile, vice president of innovation, dzscheile001@luthersem.edu.

As you may know, Timothy J. Keller, apologist and Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian (Manhattan), died two weeks ago. Keller was known for his theological approach to every day ethics and ministry and social concerns. As a “Pastor-theologian”, in the footsteps of Martin Luther, we have constructed a new “Library Guide for Pastoral Theology” focused on these two respected Pastor-Theologians, Luther and Keller.

The next Post-Evangelical Meet Up will be Monday, June 5th at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on Zoom (see link in Community Announcements). We’ll be discussing sacraments and anyone with a background in evangelical/fundamentalist traditions is welcome! Reach out to Lauren if you have any questions (lmildahl001@luthersem.edu)

This summer, the library student workers would love to hear about any book recommendations you might have. We will put up a display of all book recommendations we receive at the library.

We invite you to (1) take a ‘shelfie’ – a photo of yourself and the cover of the book you recommend; (2) tell us why you love this book- just a sentence or two!; and finally, (3) send your photo to 952-297-9932 or email it to etan001@luthersem.edu. We welcome book recommendations without photos too, if you prefer not to take a shelfie. Any subject or genre is welcome – from theology to murder mystery to poetry!

We would like to set up the display in time for the Summer Residential Focus Session. We hope you can send in your book recommendations by June 12.

Here is a sample of a shelfie.

On Tuesday, June 23 at 7 p.m., Dr. Thomason will offer a live webinar to demonstrate how to use Logos Bible Software to visually study the Bible. He will use his current project of illustrating the Book of Acts as the basis for this demonstration. There will be plenty of time for Q&A during the meeting.

Register for the webinar at https://luthersem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvdeugpjwqG9Pq0iZSH4_FG0QiHiEH7IYO