Archives for 2025

Today, Wednesday, May 14, our service of Holy Communion will include a blessing and sending of interns, CPE students, sabbaticals, and new calls. If you fit in one of these categories, we would love for you to join us either in person or online for us to bless these next steps in your journey!

Looking for faith-inspired literature to provide a break from your studies? If you’re a lover of great fiction, be sure to check out Luther Seminary Library’s Online Guide to Literature and the Arts. We feature classic Christian authors from Dante Alighieri to Frederick Buechner, Flannery O’Connor, and Marilynne Robinson—with her new book “The Beauty of Souls“—and many more. With this guide, you will also find the latest books on art, culture, and film as they relate to Christian faith.

In this devotion, Shawn Schneider ’23 M.Div., notes that even mosquitoes praise the Lord! Read today’s God Pause.

Come and celebrate the completion of the 2024-2025 Beloved Community Fellowship, named in honor of the vision of Martin Luther King Jr’s “Beloved Community.” We will gather in OCC 10 on Tuesday, May 13, 3:00–4:30 p.m. and on Zoom (link in email) for a late lunch, snacks, and drinks and to hear from our fellows. Areas of focus in the fellowship include understanding MLK’s vision of the Beloved Community from the point of view of pastoral care, understanding secular and theological approaches to justice, and applying the above to our sociocultural and historical contexts. Each Beloved Community Fellow will be given 15 minutes to present a summary and discuss key highlights of their capstone paper, as well as answering questions from the audience. Presentations include:

1. “Self-acceptance and creative maladjustment in the ELCA” — Erik Nelson
2. “The Beloved Community and its resonance with Pakistan” — Alyssa Saleem
3. “Leadership for Justice” — Daniel Tsokpor
4. “Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community in relation to people who are marginalized in the special needs population in the United States” — Annette VanZeyl

The Community Life Fellows are hosting the next round of Pubs & Profs at Stouts on May 13, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Join us as we are educated by Mark Tranvik and Jennifer Wojciechowski as they discuss the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation.

In this devotion, Shawn Schneider ’23 M.Div., shares how worship renews, sustains, and prepares us to be sent into the world to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ in a variety of settings.
Read today’s God Pause.