Archives for 2025

In this devotion, Mark Olson ’94 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., ponders the idea that we are spiritual beings on a human journey. Read today’s God Pause.

UnityPoint Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, has summer intensive and extended Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) units available. For more information, contact Kelsey A. Plummer, MDiv, BCC, Staff Chaplain, Spiritual Care Services (she/her, they/them), Kelsey.Plummer@unitypoint.org.

Join Augsburg University Campus Ministry for the 8th Annual Fosdick Lecture on Preaching. Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis ’20 D.Min. will address the topic “Shall Untruth Win? Faithful Preaching in an Age of Mistrust and Misinformation.”

Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg University
March 6, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.

Observers have offered provocative words and phrases to describe our cultural and political moment. Post-truth. The fall of reason. Alternative facts. Can good news penetrate the noise of propaganda and conspiracy in our national discourse? Can a word of hope break through the cynicism and nihilism of cruel and radicalized politics? Now more than ever, from one-on-one meetings with parishioners to our proclamations from behind the sacred desk to our public utterances, courageous preachers must freshly voice the enduring wisdom of the Bible, the tradition, and religious experience to a people awash in propaganda and misinformation delivered through an inflammatory media landscape.

In this devotion, Mark Olson ’94 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., prays that God can help us all slow down and see God’s revelation more clearly. Read today’s God Pause.

The Office of Inclusion and Belonging is setting aside time for virtual discussion via Zoom on the challenge and lasting consequences of segregation in public schools in the United States in the third decade of the 21st century. The Bible says all human beings are created in the image of God. The US Declaration of Independence says all human beings are created equal and have unalienable rights. Do we have an ethical duty to care for the human dignity of all? If so, how do we ensure we maintain a society where all human beings thrive and flourish? To participate in this virtual discussion, review at least 1 of the 2 documentary films shared below and come prepared with some talking points to join the discussion. The main purpose of the discussion is to evaluate where we were as a country, how we changed to where we are now, and the challenges and options we now face as we think of the future. The insights and lessons from this discussion have relevance not just for the United States but for all human societies. Join us online (link in email).
Date. February 18, 2025 | Time. 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Register today using this online form, which includes links to the films.

In this devotion, Mark Olson ’94 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., notes that in God’s vulnerability, the divine family story becomes our story. Read today’s God Pause.