Archives for 2026

Join Steve Thomason, dean of the chapel, for a prayer vigil on Zoom (link in email) on Friday at 11 a.m. This space will be open to anyone in our local and distributed Luther Seminary community to gather for prayer and solidarity. Our city is experiencing extreme turmoil, as we are the epicenter of Operation Metro Surge. Let us gather together to lift up all our neighbors in prayer.

Good news—our 2025 W-2s are now available in Rippling, five days ahead of schedule!
How to access your W-2:

• Log into Rippling.
• Click your profile picture in the upper right corner
• Select My Profile > My Pay (below the fold in center nav) > Taxes > Documents
• View and/or download your tax documents using the hyperlinked file names

Aaron Schutte and Mark Cuilla are our student winners for the sticker contest, and Rolf Jacobson is our faculty winner. Congratulations to all! Each will receive a gift card to Old Lutheran.

Email phishing and scams seemed to be regular events in 2025 at Luther Seminary. This IT blog post recaps the year and gives tips on recognizing email scams and what to do if you are scammed.

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.