Announcements

Apologies to anyone planning to attend our much anticipated pancake breakfast today. We will be pushing back our pancake breakfast one week to November 11. See you soon!

Lutheran Quarterly is offering, free of charge, a one-year print or digital subscription to students who provide their shipping information and an email address to managing editor Nicholas Hopman at nicholas.hopman@alum.ptsem.edu. There is no limit on the number of new subscriptions from any one school. Submit requests by November 30. Upcoming issues will continue providing articles and reviews on topics in Lutheran history and theology, Each issue in 2027 will also include a brief essay about the career and legacy of Gerhard Forde during the centennial year of his birth in 1927. Thanks to a generous grant from the 1521 Foundation, we are offering free subscriptions to students for this one year in recognition of Forde’s “radical Lutheranism” within our publishing history. Keep in mind, too, the annual prize of $5,000 for the best essay published in LQ by a student or recent graduate. The three recipients to date are featured on our website along with the invitation for this coming year.

Alicia Granholm, senior director of Faith+Lead, will be giving a “Why Jesus” talk this Thursday, November 5, at 11 a.m. at Lunch Church. “Why Jesus” is a speaker series in which faculty, staff, students, and others in the community are invited to answer two questions: “Why am I a Christian?” and “What difference does Jesus make in my life?” Everyone is invited to lunch church to hear Alicia’s story.

How are you doing—not just as a student but as a whole person? Luther Whole Life is a weekly, one-hour Zoom gathering (link in email), Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m. CT, for seminary students to pause, connect, reflect, and encourage one another as we navigate the demands of seminary and preparation for ministry. Through guided conversation, gratitude, and prayer, we explore practices that support spiritual, emotional, physical, relational, and vocational well-being. This Month: Emotional Health | This Week: Emotional Self-Awareness. All students are welcome. No preparation is required.

Students and faculty have full access to the Faith+Lead membership, including monthly workshops. This month’s workshop is Practicing LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministry with Cody Sanders. Move beyond affirming into truly living the commitment to become places of healing, belonging, and celebration. This workshop will focus on ministries of spiritual care for LGBTQIA+ people who have experienced church harm, outreach to the wider community about inclusive faith spaces, and ministries of advocacy and justice in an era of increased attacks on LGBTQIA+ wellbeing. Space will be cultivated for dialogue between participants and presenter for questions specific to participants’ contexts. The workshop is on Thursday November 12 at 12 p.m. CT. To join, log in at lab.faithlead.org and register for the event.

In this devotion, Meredith Bedker Musaus ‘86 M.Div., shares gratitude that the scriptures reflect the range of human life and emotions. Read today’s God Pause.