Announcements

Let’s gather around Sam’s great cooking and discuss Jennie Wojciechowski’s sermon on the story of Jacob’s vision of the ladder to heaven. This is a time for us to gather in community around scripture and prayer.

Beginning Thursday, October 1, the Facilities team will be completing repairs to the in-floor plumbing in the student basement kitchen of Bockman Hall. The work is expected to take approximately five days and will involve concrete sawing, cutting, and other construction activities. Please be aware that there may be periods of significant noise in and around Bockman Hall during this work. The timeline may be extended if unforeseen conditions are discovered during the repairs. Facilities apologizes for any inconvenience or disruption and appreciates the seminary community’s patience while we complete this necessary work.

Congratulations to our colleagues celebrating work anniversaries in October!

• Molly Day, 1 year – Marketing and Communication
• Chenar Howard, 20 years – Student Affairs
• Annette Schmidt, 12 years – Seminary Relations
• Jesse Weiss, 3 years – Seminary Relations

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, Bethany Kurschner ’92 M.A., discusses the difficulty we experience letting go of past faults and moving forward to our future with Christ. Read today’s God Pause.

Luther Seminary is hosting Healthy Boundaries Workshops this summer and fall. All new students and any returning students who haven’t completed this non-degree requirement are encouraged to register. Both parts 1 and 2 must be completed to fulfill this requirement. Part 1 is a synchronous, one-hour Zoom; part 2 is online and asynchronous. The last Part 1 session this fall is on Thursday, October 1 at 10 a.m. CT. Pre-registration is required prior to each workshop. Register online here.