Archives for October 2025

Students, staff, and faculty are invited to join the Future Space Working Group for an engaging Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, October 29 from noon to 1 p.m. CT. This hybrid event will take place in OCC 10, and participants can also join us on Zoom. During September, the architectural firm RSP conducted a series of insightful visioning sessions with our community members—students, staff, and faculty—to gather ideas and aspirations for our future space. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the discoveries made and the exciting next steps ahead! Our panel will feature participants from the visioning sessions, including Professor Kathryn Schifferdecker, Student Council President Jack Hendricks, and Librarian Peter Watters. Bring your lunch and your questions, and let’s envision our future together. A recording of this Lunch & Learn event will be distributed with RSP’s full report immediately after the event.

F. Willis Johnson introduced his new webinar—The Alchemy of Faith-Informed Entrepreneurism: From Imagination to Innovation—last month during fall RFS. Join us on Zoom (link in email) on October 28, 6-7:30 p.m. CT for the next installment of this multi-episode guide for spiritual entrepreneurs that walks us through the core creative energies that fuel our work: imagination, ideation, ignition, and innovation.

Join Ashley Wheeler, associate director of candidacy and vocational formation, and Deacon Krista Anderson, Region 3 candidacy and leadership manager and program director for the support of ministers of word and service, for an information session on candidacy on Wednesday, October 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m. We will walk through the different aspects of candidacy and how to prepare for next steps and will answer any questions you might have. This is recommended for any ELCA students who are entranced or in the process of entrance as well as anyone in discernment on rostered ministry with the ELCA. This will be a hybrid event. Coffee, tea, and desserts will be provided for those able to attend in person. Register online today.

In this devotion, Dan Schewe ’15 M.Div., considers Daniel’s view of reality, different from the might-makes-right worldview. Read today’s God Pause.

In fact, dozens of new titles have just been added for your fall reading. Whether you’re looking for books or e-books on social justice and politics, biblical studies, theology, church history, spiritual formation, or ministry and leadership, you can check out this list of our newest titles. We also have many new books on literature and the arts, such as the works of prize-winning American novelists Marilynne Robinson and Frederick Buechner, known for their depiction of faith and rural life, or religion and science.

Students are invited to register for LG 1000 Theological Writing during Winter term, a new course open to all degree program and certificate students interested in developing a firmer foundation for academic writing in a seminary context. This course will be offered in fall and winter terms as an asynchronous, non-credit half course. If you have any questions or are interested in registering for this course for Winter 2026, reach out to the Registrar at registrar@luthersem.edu