Archives for 2025

Summer hours help employees create lengthened weekends by working shortened lunch breaks, thus freeing up 2½ hours on Friday afternoon to use as desired. An employee’s summer hours plan needs to be developed directly with and approved by their supervisor to ensure consistent service for constituents. Summer hours run from June 2 through August 29. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, with a one-half hour lunch break. See the Staff Handbook for more information.
—Human Resources Department

In this devotion, Kwen Sanderson ’75 M.Div., reminds us that even in this vast universe God values each of us. Read today’s God Pause.

Luther Seminary will be closed on Thursday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

Here’s a brief overview of the scholarly work of Will Willimon, the prolific author who will be our guest and speaker for the Aus Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, June 17. You can learn more about John Wesley, Will Willimon and other Methodist scholarly work in this online bibliography.

In this devotion, Kwen Sanderson ’75 M.Div., ponders ideas around wisdom, sin, and love. Read today’s God Pause.

This week we welcome Kurty Darling, who will serve for one-year as Visiting Instructor for Children, Youth, and Family (CYF) Ministry. With Andrew Root on sabbatical, Kurty will teach three courses, connect with CYF students and serve as grant manager for the Nurturing Children through Worship and Prayer initiative grant we received recently from the Lilly Endowment. She will also be lead instructor for a new nondegree residency program being launched this fall.

Kurty currently is a Ph.D. student at Luther and in September will defend her dissertation on examining the evangelical imagination around visions of flourishing life. She has a B.A. in Communication Studies and Sociology from Bethel University and an M.A. in Narrative Theology from United Theological Seminary. She also is a Life Worth Living graduate fellow through the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. She has taught for the past five years at Bethel University on the topics of Christianity and Western Culture, Great Books of the Western Humanities, Spiritual and Faith Formation, and Theological Research.

Kurty is a lifetime resident of Minnesota, having grown up on the “edge of the world” in the heart of farm country, and now proudly resides in Minneapolis. She is a mother to four children and has been married for 15 years to her husband Kirk. Their family spends evenings biking, coaching youth sports teams, swimming in the lakes, and playing kickball in the street. Kurty also serves as an elder at her church. Please join me in welcoming Kurty to Luther Seminary.
—Terri Elton
Dean of Academic Affairs