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In this devotion, Aaron Fuller M.Div. ’13, asks if we are willing to engage the lives of others and the complexity that comes with that. Read today’s God Pause.

Invoices, Expense Reports, and Voucher Request Forms. Please submit invoices, expense reports, voucher forms, or requests for reimbursement for items or services received before June 30, 2025 by Tuesday, July 22, 2025. All submissions need to have proper coding and approvals. Please email to busoffice@luthersem.edu, drop them off in the Business Office campus box, or deliver them directly to the Business Office. If you have received goods or have had services performed but have not received an invoice from the vendor, please contact Tony Herrera (aherrera001@luthersem.edu) by Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

Credit Card Receipts. All June credit card transactions must be entered and submitted in Rippling with the appropriate coding and receipts no later than Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

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Join members of the seminary community in the annual ABIDE All-Community Summer Book Club! This year, we’ll be reading and discussing Migrant God: A Christian Vision for Immigrant Justice by Isaac Samuel Villegas. Please register online by no later than July 16 to participate. This annual summer book club is part of our ABIDE initiative, Luther Seminary’s distinctive approach to accountability, belonging, inclusion, diversity, and equity. Staff, faculty, and current and incoming students are invited to participate in this summer tradition. Questions? Email Rory at rrohloff001@luthersem.edu.

Fall registration begins this week by class (see dates below), and we will host advising support sessions to assist with any registration questions you may have. If you have questions, email advising@luthersem.edu and include your degree program in your email so the appropriate advisor can respond. Fall registration opens at 9 a.m. CT on these dates:

• Tuesday, July 8: Seniors, Interns, Affiliated, Th.M., Ph.D.
• Wednesday, July 9: Middlers
• Thursday, July 10: Juniors and Certificates
• Friday, July 11: Non-Degree
• Tuesday, July 15: New Admits – Fall Semester

Advising support is available 9–10 a.m. via Zoom (link in email) on each date listed above. The advising team and Registrar’s Office staff will be available to answer questions about fall courses and assist if you encounter issues registering.

Join us on Wednesday, July 23 after chapel for the Luther Community summer potluck. We’ll gather around 11:30 in the OCC dining room. Bring a dish to share (and do come even if you don’t have a dish to share!). Plates, napkins, and silverware will be provided.

Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s new internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the August edition by Wednesday, July 16. Inside Luther News helps keep students, staff, and faculty connected to our mission, people, and stories. Content in the e-newsletter 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.