Archives for 2025

In this devotion, Cheryl Rondeau-Bassett ’15 M.Div., asks God to remove our self-serving need for approval of this world. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the OCC Dining Room for Lunch Church.
Topic: Mental Health, Mental Illness – What does that mean for us as Christians?
Speakers: Jody Nyenhuis, Academic Affairs, and Trina Smith, Institutional Research
Lunch is provided.
Share your prayer requests.

It’s time to make your benefit elections for the coming year. This is your opportunity to make important decisions related to your health coverage, retirement contributions, tax-advantaged accounts, and life insurance and beneficiaries. The open enrollment period is now through Monday, November 3. Visit myPortico to:

• Review your 2026 benefit options
• Make any benefit changes to meet your needs for the coming year
• Confirm your 2026 enrollment elections

Tip. Explore detailed information about your health benefits on myPortico on the ELCA-Primary Health Benefits and ELCA Medicare-Primary Health Benefits page. If you have questions, Portico’s award-winning customer care center is available to help.
📞 Call: 800-352-2876
📧 Email: mail@PorticoBenefits.org
Extended hours are available:
Tuesdays and Thursdays until 7:30 p.m. CT
Saturdays, October 25 and November 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CT
If you have any questions specific to Luther Seminary, you may also contact Human Resources at hr@luthersem.edu.

We are convening a conversation for students who are not on campus about what we found helpful and how we personally hope to invest in this work and move forward after the finale of our ABIDE sermon series. Pastor Jon Anderson from the Inclusive Campus Community Committee will convene the conversation on Zoom (link in email) on Thursday October 23, 6–7 p.m. CT. This will be a conversation with small group and large group opportunities to reflect on the series and our callings as we think about the question: “What part will I play in creating a climate of ABIDE at Luther Seminary?”

It’s time for the Luther Seminary pumpkin carving contest! Share your (family-friendly) carved pumpkin (jack o’lantern) photo on the Luther Seminary Community Life Facebook page or send an email to communitylife@luthersem.edu anytime October 27–30. Final results will be announced on November 6.

M Health Fairview has multiple opportunities for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) experiences. See here the current M Health Fairview options—residencies, summer intensives, and extended—in a variety of locations and contexts.