Archives for 2025

In this devotion, Brooke (Apple) Phelps ’16 M.Div., wonders how we value the work and lives of one another and how God values each of us. Read today’s God Pause.

Students, your safety and the safety of our entire campus community is our highest priority. To ensure everyone—especially residential students—has the opportunity to participate fully, the upcoming safety training has been rescheduled:
When. Thursday, September 25, 4-5 p.m.
Where. OCC Dining Rooms A-B
We made this change after realizing that many of you would have had class conflicts on the earlier date and might have missed a significant portion of the training. By moving it, we hope to ensure that every residential student can benefit from this vital session. This training provides practical safety procedures and clear guidelines that could make a real difference in protecting lives during unexpected events. Attendance remains mandatory for all residential students, as this is not only about your personal safety but also about safeguarding our entire community. Food will be provided during the session. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Your presence matters, together, we can build a safer and stronger campus. We look forward to seeing you there.

Save the Date – You are invited to a special Lunch Church with Ed Brown, secretary general of Stefanus Alliance International Ministry, on Thursday, September 25, 11 a.m. Following our community lunch, at 12 p.m. Ed will share about this small Norwegian NGO focused on promoting and protecting freedom of religion or belief for everyone and strengthening the presence of the church in areas of the world where there is extensive discrimination and persecution on the basis of religion or belief. Ed has worked as senior advisor at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and as pastor for the International Baptist Church outside of Oslo Norway. Please join us for a rich conversation during Lunch Church and stay a little while longer to hear more about this ministry.

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, 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.

In this devotion, Brooke (Apple) Phelps ’16 M.Div., prays that God would give us strength to live out the commitments made in our baptism and the strength to love one another. Read today’s God Pause.

The Application for Graduation is now open on MyLutherNet for those completing their academic work during the 2025-2026 academic year (September 8, 2025 through August 28, 2026). If you are planning to complete your degree this academic year and have not received the email announcement or are unable to access the application for graduation on MyLutherNet, please contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@luthersem.edu. The non-refundable graduation fee will be added to student accounts, for all graduating students, when fall tuition charges are run.