Announcements

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.

In this devotion, Paul Kopka ’86 M.Div., offers thanks to God for giving us worth and loving us as we are. Read today’s God Pause.

The Interfaith Coalition on Immigration is a local group that engages in courageous spiritual, multicultural action in solidarity with immigrants and refugees to achieve justice and stand up to systems of oppression. We hold a brief morning prayer vigil every second Tuesday of the month in front of the Whipple Federal Building (Bishop Henry Whipple Building, Federal Dr, Minneapolis), located near to the Mpls/StPaul airport. The next vigil will be October 8, starting at 7:30 a.m. I invite any and all of you to join in this vigil. I think it’s more powerful in person—and I’ll be there—but you can also attend via Zoom (a link is posted the night before). Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions!
—Mary Hess, mhess@luthersem.edu

In this devotion, Paul Kopka ’86 M.Div., asks what Jesus’ invitation to welcome and receive the little ones could mean in our communities. Read today’s God Pause.

Join us today—Thursday, October 3—at 6:15 p.m. in OCC 10 and on Zoom (link in email) for a virtual visit with Mónica Guzmán, renowned journalist and author of “I Never Thought of It That Way.” Over the summer, many of us have been reading, discussing, and learning from this book, which was the title chosen for our ABIDE all-community book club. After Ms. Guzman’s twenty-minute address, Cody Sanders will lead us in a thirty-minute discussion so that we can all reflect and digest what we have learned.