M.Div. students, are you planning an internship for the 2026-2027 academic year? If you are an ELCA candidate for ministry of Word and Sacrament or Word and Service—and by August 2026 you anticipate you will: be endorsed by your synod, have completed 20 credits, and have completed CPE—please come to our internship info session on Tuesday, September 23. We will meet on Zoom from 4-5 p.m. Central (link in email). Bring any and all of your questions about planning for internship. We look forward to seeing you.
—Luther Seminary Contextual Learning Team
Announcements
Circle Practice: Engaging with Aging Parents
Tuesday, September 9, 11-12:30 pm
Meditation Chapel, OCC
Please join us if you are in the season of life where our parents’ life circumstances are ever-changing and can be challenging for us as adult children. We pray that we can share this sacred space for conversation and deep listening with one another. The circle will be co-led by Mary Hess and Jody Nyenhuis.
Book Conversation and Signing: Embracing the Mixed Ecology
How might creative new forms of Christian community thrive alongside time-honored church structures to reach neighbors with the gospel today? What does this look like in practice? On Thursday, September 25 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Incarnation in the Olson Campus Center at Luther Seminary, Dwight Zscheile, professor of congregational mission and leadership, and Blair Pogue, canon for innovation in the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, will engage in a conversation about their new book, “Embracing the Mixed Ecology: Inherited and New Forms of Christian Community Flourishing Together” (Seabury Books, 2025) with Craig Loya, bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, and Terri Elton, dean of academic affairs and professor of leadership at Luther. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing after the discussion.
God Pause for September 2: Psalm 1
In this devotion, Janice Bornhoft ’84 M.Div., considers how we might be rooted, grow strong, and bear good fruit. Read today’s God Pause.
Dean of the Chapel Blog
Check out this week’s blog post from Dean of the Chapel Steve Thomason—Lessons from the Summer.
September 2025 Employee Anniversaries
Congratulations to our colleagues celebrating work anniversaries in September!
- Jon Anderson, 4 years – Rural Ministry
- Tim Coltvet, 17 years – Contextual Learning
- Joey Goodall, 3 years – Faith+Lead
- Kate Norlander, 3 years – Marketing and Communications
- Elizabeth Schoenknecht, 6 years – Seminary Relations
- Jennifer Thiel, 14 years – Marketing and Communications