Announcements

Grab a sweet treat and mingle with other DL students!
When. Sunday, February 23, 11:30-12:20—and also during “Linner” that afternoon
Where. OCC Café, 2nd Floor
You’re invited to wear your “home state/place” apparel. Also consider bringing a postcard (with your preferred contact information) for a student-led “Postcard Buddy” exchange (index “postcards” will also be available). Bring your postcard and take a postcard from the “friendship table” during either of these DL times on 2/23. A DL student council representative will be available for conversations also. If you have any questions about the event, contact Kari Takahashi (one of your DL student council reps) at ktakahashi001@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Mark Olson ’94 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., observes the profound—and seemingly dangerous—ways in which love is a verb. Read today’s God Pause.

In this devotion, Mark Olson ’94 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., ponders the idea that we are spiritual beings on a human journey. Read today’s God Pause.

UnityPoint Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, has summer intensive and extended Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) units available. For more information, contact Kelsey A. Plummer, MDiv, BCC, Staff Chaplain, Spiritual Care Services (she/her, they/them), Kelsey.Plummer@unitypoint.org.

Join Augsburg University Campus Ministry for the 8th Annual Fosdick Lecture on Preaching. Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis ’20 D.Min. will address the topic “Shall Untruth Win? Faithful Preaching in an Age of Mistrust and Misinformation.”

Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg University
March 6, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.

Observers have offered provocative words and phrases to describe our cultural and political moment. Post-truth. The fall of reason. Alternative facts. Can good news penetrate the noise of propaganda and conspiracy in our national discourse? Can a word of hope break through the cynicism and nihilism of cruel and radicalized politics? Now more than ever, from one-on-one meetings with parishioners to our proclamations from behind the sacred desk to our public utterances, courageous preachers must freshly voice the enduring wisdom of the Bible, the tradition, and religious experience to a people awash in propaganda and misinformation delivered through an inflammatory media landscape.

In this devotion, Mark Olson ’94 M.Div., ’13 D.Min., prays that God can help us all slow down and see God’s revelation more clearly. Read today’s God Pause.