Announcements

If you haven’t already submitted your application to graduate, it will now be open on MyLutherNet through October 15. This is for students completing their academic work during the 2024-2025 academic year and includes those finishing up internship during the summer of 2025. If your plans have changed or you are unable to access the application on MyLutherNet, please email registrar@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Mark Hollabaugh ’77 M.Div., observes that each of us is called to continue on communal journeys in which we learn to cherish every person as a beloved child of God. Read today’s God Pause.

Today at 12 p.m. is the last day to nominate students for the secondary student council election. A secondary election is being held per the student council handbook because the positions of M.Div. Representative and Other Program Representative (which includes graduate certificate students) were not filled in the first election. If these positions remain vacant after the secondary election, the officers of student council will evaluate if another election will be held or the seat will remain vacant for the remainder of the term/year. Nominate yourself or someone you know online.

In this devotion, Mark Hollabaugh ’77 M.Div., leans bravely into more and deeper listening, including to God’s promises to prosper the work of our hands. Read today’s God Pause.

In this devotion, Mark Hollabaugh ’77 M.Div., prays for courage to hate evil, love good, and establish justice in God’s world. Read today’s God Pause.

It is has been one year since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began. The violence increases still. This anniversary reminds us of violence and heartbreak across the globe: the ongoing war in Ukraine, the violence in Myanmar, countless military conflicts in various countries, shootings in U.S. streets and homes, the super-charged U.S. election that looms on the horizon, the loss of life and property in the wake of Hurricane Helene…the list goes on. Sometimes it can seem overwhelming and we can feel helpless. One thing that we can do in times like these is to come together in community and lament. Bring your grief, your pain, your confusion, and your heart to chapel this Wednesday as we simply cry out to God in lament, look to God for comfort, and find comfort in our shared lives.
Bless you, Luther Community.
—Steve Thomason, Dean of the Chapel