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.

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 Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason, we will read the text for the day and then practice in silence for 15 minutes. Afterward, you are welcome to sit in fellowship or go about your day. Share your prayer requests.

Check out this week’s blog post from Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason—Belonging and Baptism.

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.