Archives for September 3, 2025

In this devotion, Janice Bornhoft ’84 M.Div., meditates on the intimacy and importance of letters. Read today’s God Pause.

M.Div. students, are you planning an internship for the 2026-2027 academic year? If you are an ELCA candidate for ministry of Word and Sacrament or Word and Service—and by August 2026 you anticipate you will: be endorsed by your synod, have completed 20 credits, and have completed CPE—please come to our internship info session on Tuesday, September 23. We will meet on Zoom from 4-5 p.m. Central (link in email). Bring any and all of your questions about planning for internship. We look forward to seeing you.
—Luther Seminary Contextual Learning Team

Tuesday, September 9, 11-12:30 pm
Meditation Chapel, OCC
Please join us if you are in the season of life where our parents’ life circumstances are ever-changing and can be challenging for us as adult children. We pray that we can share this sacred space for conversation and deep listening with one another. The circle will be co-led by Mary Hess and Jody Nyenhuis.

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.

Check out these Luther Seminary Library resources on evolution and Christian faith, in light of the current Smithsonian Exhibit and upcoming fall course “Homo Sapiens and God.”

How might creative new forms of Christian community thrive alongside time-honored church structures to reach neighbors with the gospel today? What does this look like in practice? On Thursday, September 25 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Incarnation in the Olson Campus Center at Luther Seminary, Dwight Zscheile, professor of congregational mission and leadership, and Blair Pogue, canon for innovation in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, will engage in a conversation about their new book, “Embracing the Mixed Ecology: Inherited and New Forms of Christian Community Flourishing Together” (Seabury Books, 2025) with Craig Loya, bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, and Terri Elton, dean of academic affairs and professor of leadership at Luther. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing after the discussion.