Archives for May 13, 2025

In this devotion, Shawn Schneider ’23 M.Div., notes that even mosquitoes praise the Lord! Read today’s God Pause.

We gather at 11:00 a.m. CT in the OCC Meditation Chapel and online (link in email) for contemplative practice of your choice—mindful sketching, centering prayer, or however you choose to engage silence. Facilitated by the Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason, we will read the Psalm of the day and then practice in silence for 15 minutes. Afterward, you are welcome to sit in fellowship or go about your day.
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Come and celebrate the completion of the 2024-2025 Beloved Community Fellowship, named in honor of the vision of Martin Luther King Jr’s “Beloved Community.” We will gather in OCC 10 on Tuesday, May 13, 3:00–4:30 p.m. and on Zoom (link in email) for a late lunch, snacks, and drinks and to hear from our fellows. Areas of focus in the fellowship include understanding MLK’s vision of the Beloved Community from the point of view of pastoral care, understanding secular and theological approaches to justice, and applying the above to our sociocultural and historical contexts. Each Beloved Community Fellow will be given 15 minutes to present a summary and discuss key highlights of their capstone paper, as well as answering questions from the audience. Presentations include:

1. “Self-acceptance and creative maladjustment in the ELCA” — Erik Nelson
2. “The Beloved Community and its resonance with Pakistan” — Alyssa Saleem
3. “Leadership for Justice” — Daniel Tsokpor
4. “Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community in relation to people who are marginalized in the special needs population in the United States” — Annette VanZeyl

Check out this week’s blog post from Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason—Endings, Blessings, and Beginnings.

The Community Life Fellows are hosting the next round of Pubs & Profs at Stouts on May 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Join us as we are educated by Mark Tranvik and Jennifer Wojciechowski as they discuss the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation.

Answer: The all-important Council of Nicaea, resulting in the Nicene Creed, dates to May 325. Check out Luther Seminary Library’s bibliography of Nicene theology and the Early Church Fathers.