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In this devotion, Gail L. Miller ’93 M.Div. considers how we might return and gather now that we have left the mountain and the thin place of Transfiguration and are focused on the Lenten journey. Read today’s God Pause.

Please join us after the All Hands meeting on Tuesday, February 17 for an information session on practical uses for AI in the workplace. Members of the AI Users Group will share ways they have used AI in their jobs at Luther Seminary. The session runs 12:30-1:30 p.m. in OCC 10.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join the Future Space Working Group for an engaging Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, February 25 from noon to 1 p.m. CT. This hybrid event will take place in OCC 10 and on Zoom (link in email). Our Future Space Working Group and other staff, faculty, and students they’ve engaged have been meeting, thinking, and gathering data as well as conducting professional studies and assessments. What ideas and aspirations for our future space have been gathered? Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the discoveries they are making and potential next steps. Bring your lunch and your questions. A recording of the event will be distributed after the event.

Let’s gather on Zoom on Tuesday evenings during Lent. It begins on Tuesday, February 24 at 7 p.m. CT. Pastor Steve will host a simple time where we will check in with each other, read scripture, pray, and reflect on our Lenten theme: Encounter. We’ll begin at 7 p.m. and finish by 7:45. The Zoom link is on the LS Community shared Google calendar and shared in daily emails.

Ash Wednesday—this year on February 18—begins a period of preparation as we reflect on Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Here is a guide for this time—with readings, daily prayers, thoughtful articles, and rich books on theologies of the cross and resurrection.

You are invited to join in community faith formation every weekday (Monday-Thursday) at 11:00 a.m. CT. We gather in a variety of ways and places. See the schedule below to see how you can join us in-person and online.

Monday, February 16, 11:00 a.m. CT
Text study with the chapel staff on Zoom (link in email).

Tuesday, February 17, 11:00 a.m. CT
Contemplative Practice in the Meditation Chapel and on Zoom.

Wednesday, February 18, 11:00 a.m. CT
Ash Wednesday Service of Holy Communion with imposition of ashes in the Chapel of the Incarnation and livestreamed. Steve Thomason, dean of the chapel, will be preaching.

Thursday, February 19, 11:00 a.m. CT
Lunch Church and Why Jesus? in the OCC Dining Room.
Share your prayer requests.