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Pastoral intern Kari Takahashi invites the Luther Seminary community to a special program event on Saturday, September 19 from 1-2:15 p.m.—“Stitches and Stories: Exploring Native Culture and History through Quilt Art”—that will also serve as her internship project at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hayfield, Minnesota (​104 1st Street SE). A dessert reception will follow. Nationally-recognized and award-winning quilter and historian Tamara Carter, along with her husband and co-presenter Joe Gaines (of the Choctaw Nation), will share quilts inspired by Indigenous American history, culture, and lifeways in an educational and inspirational program. Contact Kari (ktakahashi001@luthersem.edu) for more information.

The Luther Seminary RIC advocacy committee will meet on Zoom (link in email) at 7:30 p.m. CT this evening, August 6. Join us for updates on what we’ve been working on and help to plan our agenda for the upcoming academic year. We hope to see you there. For questions, contact Joellen Barak at jbarak001@luthersem.edu

The new academic catalog has been published. It is available on MyLutherNet under Academics. The new policies in the catalog are effective beginning with the Fall term of 2026. There are several major policy changes in this catalog.

• Degree Requirements are always defined by the catalog for the year of your enrollment in your current program.
• Academic Policies are always defined by the current catalog.
• Capstone – Many clarifications have been made to the capstone process for M.A. degrees.
• Drop/Withdraw – Students may no longer withdraw from a class at any point in the term. Withdraw decisions must be made by the end of the 8th week of the term. If at the time of withdrawal a student is deemed to be failing the class, a WF will appear on their transcript.
• Holds – Guidelines around writing holds have been added. Descriptions of other holds have been added.
• Incompletes – The timeframes for incompletes and incomplete extensions have been shortened significantly.
• Probation – Conditions around academic probation have changed significantly.

On September 22, Luther Seminary professor emeritus Craig Koester will present “The Death of Jesus and the Message of Life.” Here’s a brief bibliography for Dr. Koester along with resources for other scholars working in biblical theology.

Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the September edition by Wednesday, August 12. Inside Luther News content is meant to be somewhat broader in scope—seasonal announcements, monthly reminders, stories about recent events or news of upcoming projects—than the daily Community Announcements posts and emails.

In this devotion, Jane Wegleitner ’77 M.A., says that we have received the most important thing for Christian life: God’s grace. Read today’s God Pause.