Announcements

The seminary has received a new, $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the education and renewal of Christian preachers. The grant reinforces our commitment to Christian preaching by establishing the Compelling Word Initiative, which seeks to promote preaching in community and to address the challenge faced by many in the pulpit of experiencing proclamation as a burden. Read more about the grant on our news platform.

In this devotion, Harvey Nelson ’71 M.Div., considers the Apostle Paul’s vision that we are no longer bound by visible, social systems and worldly realities and instead live from the perspective of the Spirit. 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.

The Stewardship Leaders Program, in collaboration with Thrivent Charitable, invites you to apply for an Endowment Lab Grant. This grant program is designed to support Luther Seminary students, faculty, staff, and programs. All applications must align with Luther Seminary’s welcome, vision, and mission statements, and the project must benefit the Luther Seminary community. This year the Stewardship Leaders Program will match the Thrivent Charitable award dollars, so we hope to give away over $15,000, with a maximum single grant award of $4,000. Grant applications will be judged by the summer Money and Mission of the Church class as part of their education on endowments. Find out more and apply online. Grant applications must be received by August 2 and winners will be notified by the end of August. If you have any questions about the program or the application please email Grace Pomroy, Director of the Stewardship Leaders Program at gpomroy001@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Harvey Nelson ’71 M.Div., shares how the psalmist paints a picture of God the loving sustainer, who has so much in store for us that we and creation are in awe. 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.