The 2025 National Women’s History Theme is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating and Inspiring Generations,” celebrating the collective strength and influence of women who have dedicated their lives to education, mentorship, and leadership. To celebrate, Luther Library offers this guide to Women in History, Bible, and Religion.
Chapel Café Opens on March 5
Come to chapel worship on Wednesdays to be fed in spirit and body. Starting on Wednesday, March 5, we will have coffee and baked goods from our very own Fruit and Grain bakery, baked fresh on our campus, after chapel in the Narthex. Come for worship, stay for fellowship.
God Pause for March 4: Psalm 51:1-17
In this devotion, Robert Hansen ’72 M.Div. prays for Jesus’ presence as we prepare for Lent. Read today’s God Pause.
God Pause for March 3: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
In this devotion, Robert Hansen ’72 M.Div. writes that the call of the prophet Joel is still relevant for us today. Read today’s God Pause.
2025 Fosdick Lecture on Preaching — March 6 at Augsburg University
Join Augsburg University Campus Ministry for the 8th Annual Fosdick Lecture on Preaching. Rev. Dr. DeWayne Davis ’20 D.Min. will address the topic “Shall Untruth Win? Faithful Preaching in an Age of Mistrust and Misinformation.”
Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg University
March 6, 2025 | 10:00 a.m.
Observers have offered provocative words and phrases to describe our cultural and political moment. Post-truth. The fall of reason. Alternative facts. Can good news penetrate the noise of propaganda and conspiracy in our national discourse? Can a word of hope break through the cynicism and nihilism of cruel and radicalized politics? Now more than ever, from one-on-one meetings with parishioners to our proclamations from behind the sacred desk to our public utterances, courageous preachers must freshly voice the enduring wisdom of the Bible, the tradition, and religious experience to a people awash in propaganda and misinformation delivered through an inflammatory media landscape.
God Pause for January 31: Luke 4:21-30
In this devotion, Chris Bellefeuille ’03 M.Div., ’18 D.Min. reflects on how Jesus upends our expectations of how God is for us by being so surprisingly with us. Read today’s God Pause.