Archives for January 2026

In this devotion, Kate Schlechter ’93 M.Div., asks where we hear Jesus’ voice most clearly and what new ventures we might be called to begin. Read today’s God Pause.

Would you like to be part of a creative project? This Lent, the chapel at Luther Seminary will host a collaborative, community-created project centered on the theme “Encounters with Christ.” We will engage the Gospel reading for each week of Lent and respond visually on a community banner. No art skills required. The banner will hang in the chapel on Wednesday and grow each week. To help bring this to life, we are forming a new Creative Collective on campus and inviting students, staff, faculty, and friends—artists and non-artists alike—who are curious about art, worship, and communal creativity to join us as collaborators and co-leaders. This group will help imagine, prepare, and animate the Lenten project (materials, presence at lunch church, creative facilitation) and will also lay the groundwork for an ongoing community exploring art and faith together through workshops, museum visits, and shared practice. You don’t need to be an “expert”—just open, curious, and willing to create in community. If this sparks your imagination, we’d love to gather a small group and dream together. Please put your name on this list if you are interested.

In this devotion, Kate Schlechter ’93 M.Div., notes that not our affiliations or preferences, allegiances or labels but rather our faith in Jesus Christ is our true identity. Read today’s God Pause.

Join us today—Wednesday, January 21—in the Chapel of the Incarnation for a service of Holy Communion with pastors Steve Thomason and Emily Rova-Hegener. We will be exploring the Epiphany season and breaking bread together in community, including the next “Brake Bread” event, which is the service itself and also fellowship around bread and other nourishment after the service.

In this devotion, Kate Schlechter ’93 M.Div., considers our nos and God’s yeses. Read today’s God Pause.

Thanks to everyone who made our first-ever off-site RFS experiment such a success! To our intrepid faculty and staff supporters, our generous hosts at Mount Olivet, our bus drivers, and, most of all, our students who arrived with so much grace, curiosity, and willingness to learn in a new setting—thank you! We learned a lot and are already thinking about how to use these lessons going forward. It was a privilege to be in community together, even in the midst of such a difficult time for the Twin Cities. If you received the follow-up survey link and have not already done so, please complete the survey when you are able. Your feedback matters.
With gratitude,
—Off-Site RFS Planning Team