Announcements

Registration is now open for the 2026 Minnesota Mockingbird conference in Bloomington on October 2 and 3. Mockingbird is an ecumenical, grace-focused ministry devoted to “connecting the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life.” This year’s conference theme is “Grace for the Ages,” exploring what grace looks like at different stages of life. There will be talks on everything from grace in parenting adult children, lessons from the last third of life, the relief that can come from realistic depictions of imperfect people in middle-grade novels, how a church focused on consolation rather than happiness seeking could benefit a generation of stressed-out young people, how God actually shows up in the young adult years, and more. Speakers include Paul Zahl, Gretchen Ronnevik, and Luther Seminary’s Andy Root and Joey Goodall. Click here to view the full schedule. Student tickets are available at a discounted rate. Feel free to reach out to Joey Goodall (jgoodall002@luthersem.edu) with any questions.

In this devotion, Sue Lynn White ’17 M.Div.., encourages us to build relationships rather than tearing them apart. Read today’s God Pause.

Register for a trip to Christ Church Lutheran—in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis—on the morning of Sunday, September 20. This visit will include worship and a tour of the Eliel and Eero Saarinen-designed building that is credited with setting the standard for modernist churches built following World War II. Transportation from Luther Seminary will be available for those who would like to attend both worship and the tour. The tour is hosted by Luther Seminary archivist Caleb Rollins and members of the Christ Church Lutheran community. Please register by September 9. All are welcome!

Join colleagues and friends as we discover Scribe—a digital tool that helps capture your screen and create documentation. We have a few power users around campus and others who have some experience with the tool—everyone is attending to discuss and learn. Note that we won’t have a formal presentation but are just sharing wisdom. This is a Lunch & Learn crossed with a playday event. Bring your own lunch and join us in OCC 10 or on Zoom (link in email) on Wednesday, October 21 at noon.

Join Luther’s INVITE (integrating nonviolence into theological education) group on September 30 at noon in OCC 213 and on Zoom (link in email) as we remember the history of Indian Boarding Schools in the US. We will share a circle discussion and watch a brief video of survivors offering testimony. This is our first event of the new school year. If you are interested in learning more about nonviolence more generally, please join us!

Check out our brief, updated bibliography of Hispanic Ministry and Latinx Theology for the month of September.