Archives for May 2025

Check out this week’s blog post from Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason—Celebrating Our Graduates.

We have the opportunity to serve our graduates and their loved ones by offering a beautiful worship service with Holy Communion. We will have four communion serving stations, which means we will need 12 people to serve bread, wine, and grape juice. Please let me know if you would like to serve in this way. We also have the opportunity to serve as an usher or greeter. The service is at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. You would need to report to the chapel by 1:30. Please contact Steve Thomason to get on the list sthomason002@luthersem.edu.

Answer: All three countries face imminent and overwhelming famine! Read more, especially about Sudan’s current crisis, and browse our Luther Seminary Library Guide on Famine and Food Security; Hunger in Biblical Perspective.

You are invited to help us honor the life and work of renowned theologian Joseph Sittler. We hope you can be part of an informal gathering on Saturday, June 28 at Minnehaha Regional Park at 1:00 p.m. central. The event was originally scheduled last fall and postponed for better weather and more participation. The gathering will take place a mile downstream from Minnehaha Falls, at a new park bench installed in Sittler’s honor, near where Minnehaha Creek meets the Mississippi River. This scenic location was chosen to reflect Sittler’s belief that “nature is a theater of Grace.” Stewart Herman, visiting fellow at the Christensen Center on Vocation at Augsburg College and retired faculty of religion at Concordia College–Moorhead, is organizing the event and shares: “God’s Word is active in nature, which to the eyes of faith can be seen when the Minnehaha rushes to the Mississippi. We gather to honor Joseph Sittler’s path-breaking incorporation of ecology into Lutheran theology by sharing, individually, our favorite ideas from his work. Bring your favorite quote!” For more information, reach out to Dr. Herman at herman@cord.edu​.

Need help in locating scholarly articles on Bible, theology, or religion? Whether you’re seeking full-text articles on a specific scripture passage or specific theological topic, the popular Atla Religion Database is usually the best place to start. However, Atla Religion has recently undergone several changes to its user interface that might cause some frustration. This brief YouTube tutorial will help you navigate the new platform. You can also get help from Luther Seminary Library’s online tutorials.

In this devotion, Mark Niethammer ’09 M.Div., wonders if Jesus should really know better than to tell us not to worry. Read today’s God Pause.