Announcements

In this devotion, Don Knudson ’70 M.Div., encourages us, when facing a confounding challenge, to ask God for an understanding, wise, and discerning mind. Read today’s God Pause.

If you’ve been in conversation with Contextual Learning about starting your internship in February 2027, we need your internship application submitted by July 31. If you think you should be starting your internship in February, please reach out to the Context Learning team, contextuallearning@luthersem.edu to begin this process. You can apply for internship using the online Student Internship Application.

Students, faculty, and staff, on Wednesday, August 5, there is an opportunity to experience an agricultural, rural gathering at Farmfest in southwestern Minnesota. We will leave Luther Seminary at 7 a.m. in a van whose cost is covered by rural ministry grants. Tickets will also be covered for participants. Morgan, Minnesota, is a couple of hours out. We will arrive at the fest around 9:30 and return home in the early evening. It may be closer for you to meet us at the Farmfest site. Parking is free. We will still pick up the cost of entering and lunch. This trip is an opportunity to learn about the opportunities, challenges, economics, politics, and lifestyle of rural and small-town people and communities in this part of the Midwest. Candidates for governor and senator in the state of Minnesota will be in candidate forums that day too. If you are interested in participating, email janderson008@luthersem.edu or sign up here. We have limited spaces.

Some members of the Luther Seminary community recently received a fraudulent phishing email related to an apparent internship opportunity, purportedly from someone in the Office of Institutional Research. For future reference, communication from the Office of Institutional Research will come only from its official email address—research@luthersem.edu. If you ever suspect you may have received a fraudulent email, you are advised to immediately contact the Office of Technology at helpdesk@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Richard O. Hill ’73 M.Div., reminds us that in the death and resurrection of Jesus, God has taken decisive action and is working to bring about a new creation. Read today’s God Pause.

Faculty and staff, do you have professional news that you’d like to share with Story magazine readers? Have you recently published a book or article or presented publicly? Did you represent Luther Seminary at a conference or other event? Submit your news to communic@luthersem.edu by July 31.