Archives for March 2024

The west entrance to the Olson Campus Center will be closed February 29 through March 5. Our team of contractors will be working within the tunnel space and the chapel, where two temporary enclosures have been set up along the west wall. These enclosures will facilitate the required work while controlling dust. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding as we strive to make progress. During this period, the upper and lower east entrances will remain open. We thank you for your patience and continued support as we ensure the safety and integrity of our campus facilities.

In this devotion, Emily Rova-Hegener ’99 M.Div., contextual learning associate at Luther Seminary, notes how we tend to be always on the move, which also means—hopefully—returning to God. Read today’s God Pause.

Read a response from the Luther Seminary Student Council about their Pocket Survey results from February and their action plans going forward.

The Luther Seminary library now offers these brand new, easy-to-use tutorials on searching our ATLA Religion database. There are additional helpful tutorials posted on the library tutorials page.

In this devotion, Steve Thomason ’15 Ph.D., associate professor of Spiritual Formation at Luther Seminary, notes how Jesus drives out our greed and demonstrates love and forgiveness through his death and resurrection. Read today’s God Pause.

The Office of Inclusion and Belonging and the Seminary Pastor’s Office are delighted to welcome Justin Sabia-Tanis, associate professor of Social Transformation and Leadership at United Theological Seminary, to the Luther Seminary campus on Friday, March 1 to preach during worship in the chapel and to lead us in a lunch and learn session in the OCC Cafeteria following worship. Lunch is provided for all and is sponsored by the Office of Inclusion and Belonging and Student Affairs.

Chapel Livestream
Lunch & Learn Zoom

The focus of the lunch presentation will be Genesis 1 and Acts 8 as models of a faithful response to LGBTQ+ people, responses that affirm goodness and inclusion. In briefly exploring these passages, Sabia-Tanis will highlight how we might put biblical guidance into practice, particularly with transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit people. We will also consider the costs to church and world of attitudes that exclude and stigmatize.

The Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis is associate professor of Social Transformation and Leadership at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. He is a queer, trans theologian who recently served as managing director at the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS). His scholarship is foundational in the field of trans theology and ministry, including his groundbreaking book “Transgender Ministry, Theology, and Communities of Faith.” Sabia-Tanis and Luther Seminary professor Cody Sanders are co-editors of the new book series “Queer and Trans Approaches to Religion and Theology” with Lexington Books.