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Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s new internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the May edition by Wednesday, April 16. Inside Luther News helps keep students, staff, and faculty connected to our mission, people, and stories. Content in the e-newsletter is meant to be somewhat broader in scope—seasonal announcements, monthly reminders, stories about recent events or news of upcoming projects—than the daily Community Announcements posts and emails.

In this devotion, Ladd Bjorneby ‘85 M.Div., shares stories of how God answers prayer. Read today’s God Pause.

In February, Luther Seminary announced that it had signed a purchase agreement with local developer Lifestyle Communities for their purchase of the Lower Campus. Luther Seminary and Lifestyle are working together to officially close the sale in 2026. Lifestyle Communities will host an open house on our campus this evening, Tuesday, April 15, in order to meet with neighbors and gather their feedback on their future plans. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. The open house will be held Tuesday, April 15, 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the OCC narthex. Please contact Heidi Droegemueller with any questions.

On Tuesday, April 15, the Office of Technology will be performing maintenance on Luther Seminary’s critical network infrastructure to improve security and network reliability. During the maintenance window, a short network disruption will occur, disconnecting the Luther Seminary campus from the internet, as well as any remote connections to campus network services. After this update is completed, you will be prompted to update the GlobalProtect VPN client when you next use it. Please click to allow the GlobalProtect application to update to version 6.3.2-525 for continued VPN access.
Maintenance Window. April 15, 6-10 p.m.
Estimated Downtime. 10-20 minutes

In this devotion, Ladd Bjorneby ‘85 M.Div., reminds us that we too are members of the redeemed community of God. Read today’s God Pause.

The Bible Division invites graduating M.Div. and M.A. students to submit papers for the Milton Prize in Old Testament and/or the Bruce Prize in New Testament. These prizes will be awarded at commencement to the students submitting the best papers in the areas of Old Testament and New Testament studies. The prizes include monetary awards. Papers written by graduating M.Div. or M.A. students during their seminary careers are eligible (both December 2024 and May 2025 graduates). These may be course papers, independent study projects, or papers written for this occasion. Papers should not exceed 6,000 words in length. Papers are due by email to Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker, the chair of the Bible Division, by Wednesday, April 16 (the deadline has been moved up this year). Learn more about the criteria the Bible Division uses to judge the papers: Milton Prize in Old Testament, Bruce Prize in New Testament. Winners of the Milton and Bruce Prizes have bragging rights. (Did we mention there are monetary awards?) Talk with your Bible professors or Prof. Schifferdecker for more information.