Archives for 2023

In this devotion, Professor Emeritus James L. Boyce ’71 M.Div. writes about Matthew’s understanding that God’s kingdom is always in the process of coming into being among us. Read today’s God Pause.

The Office of the Registrar will be closed the week of Thanksgiving, November 20–24, 2023. Transcript request will not be processed during this week. Please plan ahead for registration adjustments, loan deferments, early graduation details, and transcript requests.

In this devotion, Professor Emeritus James L. Boyce ’71 M.Div. writes that “from creation until the end of time, for good or ill, we are held in the arms of a gracious God long before and after our meager span of life.” Read today’s God Pause.

November is National Native American Heritage Month. Luther Seminary, as you may know, “is on Miní Sóta Makhóčhe, the homelands of the Dakhóta Oyáte. The Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk, Cheyenne, Oto, Iowa, and the Sac & Fox also inhabited Minnesota land. We recognize that God calls all to be in right relationship with their neighbors, that the tribes are sovereign nations, that there is a history of broken treaties and broken trust, and that there is much reconciling work to be done. As Christians, we also recognize that in Christ there is new life, forgiveness, and hope for mending what is broken. We pray the Holy Spirit will lead us in this work.”

For many more resources and current news on Indigenous ministries, see this Library Guide to Native American Heritage and Indigenous Religions of North America.

In this devotion, Professor Emeritus James L. Boyce ’71 M.Div. reflects on the call to live not in complacence but with awareness that this life rests in God’s hands and by God’s mercy. Read today’s God Pause.

Were you just recently entranced into ELCA Candidacy or are you in discernment and potentially beginning this journey? Candidacy is a process that will continue throughout your time in seminary if you are planning to be rostered in the ELCA. 

Please join Ashley Wheeler, Associate Director of Candidacy and Vocational Formation; and Deacon Krista Anderson, Region 3 Candidacy and Leadership Manager and Program Director for the Support of Ministers of Word and Service; for an information session on Candidacy, Wednesday November 15 at 12:30 p.m. (central).

This will be a hybrid event and lunch will be provided for those able to attend in person. Please RSVP for November 15 here. If you cannot attend, a Zoom recording will be available for those that RSVP.