Archives for 2025

The fourth and final Pocket Survey for the 2024-2025 year is now open. The focus is on Financial Wellness. Pocket Surveys are short surveys to gauge your views about your experiences with various areas and offices of the seminary. These will be distributed four times during this academic year to ALL students. A Pocket Survey takes around five minutes to complete on a computer, tablet, or phone. Taking the survey is voluntary, but we do urge you to share your thoughts. These surveys are confidential and anonymous. You don’t have to answer questions you are not comfortable with. We do ask for demographics as part of our commitment to inclusion and belonging. We want to acknowledge and respect how diversity influences perspectives. General results are shared with the Luther Seminary community. Take the Financial Wellness survey online today. Open from March 31 through April 11. Questions? Contact Trina in the Office of Institutional Research (research@luthersem.edu).

In this devotion, Mary E. Hess, Professor of Educational Leadership and Chair of the Leadership Division, observes how God both experiences and mirrors the feelings in which we are immersed while also drawing us beyond what we can imagine for our lives. Read today’s God Pause.

We gather this evening at 7:00 p.m. CT on Zoom (link in email). We are excited to announce that we are running another experiment during Lent designed to cultivate a space for the Luther Seminary community to gather on Zoom every Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. Central Time. Virtual Vespers will be a casual environment where we spend around 40 minutes in a simple scripture reading/contemplation practice, then break out into small groups for conversation and prayer. We hope this provides a space for distance learners not able to attend the daily morning practices to have an opportunity to participate in the communal spiritual life of Luther Seminary. All are welcome.

The Office of Technology has published a policy on email usage that governs all members of the Luther Seminary user community. The policy, titled Luther Seminary Email as Official Communication Policy, is available online. The complete collection of Luther Seminary technology policies is available on Inside Luther Seminary.

In this devotion, Mary E. Hess, Professor of Educational Leadership and Chair of the Leadership Division, reminds us that God is holding us close in a promise larger than any we can comprehend. Read today’s God Pause.

Join us for an educational experience of a Passover Seder meal—with a traditional menu and time for reflection.
Thursday, April 10, 4:30–7:00 p.m.
Olson Campus Center Dining Room C
Space is limited—please register online.