Archives for September 2025

In this devotion, John Soyster ’79 M.Div., notes the rich assortment of synonyms David provides for his faith: trust, delight, commitment, stillness, hope. Read today’s God Pause.

The Stewardship Leaders Program, in partnership with Thrivent Charitable, is excited to announce the 6 recipients of the 2025 Endowment Lab granting process. We had 10 amazing applications to review and hard decisions to make. Thank you to the students of the summer term course Money and the Mission of the Church for evaluating the grant proposals, asking clarifying questions, and selecting the winners based on Luther Seminary’s mission, vision, and values:

• Discernment Retreat, Jen Gruendler)
• Braking Bread Together, Emily Rova-Hegener) – event coming soon
• Be Still, Alison Westphal
• Environmental Sustainability for Campus Meals, Kathryn Schifferdecker and Alan Padgett – you can thank them for the plates/silverware during RFS
• Table of Light, Patty Cutshall-Bailey
• Bockman Porch Music, Stanley Ayashim – what a fun first event during fall RFS!

Looking for an impactful stewardship program that is theologically grounded and easy to implement? Grace Pomroy, director of the Stewardship Leaders Program at Luther Seminary, has partnered with Church Anew to create Stewardship to Go, and all Luther students get free access. Use the code STEWARDSHIPGIFT to get free access to this year’s resource and the past two years’ resources. If you are in a context that uses the lectionary, that means you’ll have a stewardship resource for every year! Whether you use them this year or not, these are great resources to download for future use: You Have Heard It Said (vol 1), The Impossible Promise of Enough (vol 2), and What We Can Do (vol 3). Have questions? Email Grace Pomroy at gpomroy001@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, John Soyster ’79 M.Div., muses on Habakkuk’s faith and our own. Read today’s God Pause.

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a key requirement for all ELCA candidates for rostered ministry. It is also a Contextual Learning option for the M.Div. degree. Join our Contextual Learning team on Tuesday, September 30 at 11:30 a.m. CT for an info session on how, where, and when to find a site that works with your schedule. This will be a hybrid event. Register online here to attend or receive the recording.

In this devotion, Brooke (Apple) Phelps ’16 M.Div. asks how we can contribute to a reversal of the common tendency of our world to make divisions among a perceived higher class and the oppressed. Read today’s God Pause.