Announcements

In this devotion, Luther Wayne Kendrick ’72 M.Div., ponders what it means to live out the reality that Jesus is the beginning and end of our lives. Read today’s God Pause.

Today—Wednesday, May 28 from 9-10 a.m.—the Student Affairs Office invites you to celebrate Samuel Zalanga, Director of Inclusion and Belonging. He will be leaving Luther Seminary on May 31 and has been selected as a US Peace Corps volunteer. Student Affairs will provide breakfast treats, coffee, and juice. We would love it if you could join us in celebrating Samuel.

Students, staff, and faculty—we would love your help to freshen up the campus before our graduates and their families come to celebrate Baccalaureate on 5/31. Here is when you can help clean up campus this week:
– Wednesday, May 28 —operations staff will continue work during the day, you are free to join them
– Thursday, May 29 —anytime you have from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., pizza provided @ 11:45 a.m.
Anyone is invited to join either or both events. Wear comfortable clothes and help us rake and plant some flowers. Facilities will have rakes and gloves (if you can bring some from home, that’s great too).

As part of our continued efforts to improve account security, the Office of Technology will be disabling support for older Duo Mobile passcode methods on June 1. Specifically, the older HOTP (HMAC-based One-Time Password) passcode method—still available on Duo Mobile versions 4.48 and earlier—is less secure and more vulnerable to malicious activity. These versions will no longer be supported after June 1.
What You Need to Do. If you’re using Duo Mobile version 4.48 or earlier, please update to the latest version before June 1 to avoid disruptions to your Seminary account login. The current version is 4.87.
How to Check Your Version:

• Open the Duo Mobile app.
• Tap the menu icon (☰) in the top-left corner.
• Your current app version is listed at the bottom of the sidebar.

Already on version 4.49 or newer? You’re all set! Push notifications and TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) passcodes will continue working as expected. If you have any questions or need help updating your app, please contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@luthersem.edu.

The 2025 Abdel Ross Wentz Prize in American Lutheran History, from the Lutheran Historical Society of the Mid-Atlantic, provides prize money for the best history paper on a topic related to Lutheranism in America. The prize is in the amount of $2,500 and can be awarded in four categories.
1. First degree seminarian
2. M.A./Ph.D graduate student
3. Post-Graduate: pastor, deacon, layperson, and/or faculty member
4. Amateur historian
Papers should be 25-35 pages in length, double spaced using Chicago Manual of Style. Read more about Wentz and the prize on the society’s website. If you would like to consult with Professor Mark Granquist for information about this or help with the prize competition, please email him at mgranquist001@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Luther Wayne Kendrick ’72 M.Div., reminds us that there is one name above all others. Read today’s God Pause.