Following the chapel sermon on the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8) on Wednesday, April 24, Cody Sanders will lead us in a discussion over lunch about the multiple ways that “belonging” shows up in the text and in our lives. Belonging to a faith community promotes multiple forms of health—spiritual, emotional, physical. A recent article in Harvard Public Health even suggests, “Failing to consider religious community in thinking about public health may impede our understanding of the health of populations.” Yet we know that many benefits of religious belonging are unevenly distributed across populations, and belonging is often shaped by our embodiments of human difference. We will explore together how we can attend to practices that cultivate and sustain belonging—to God, to one another, and to the earth. All are invited to join. Lunch will be provided.
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Church Anew Conference—Renew: A Love of Scripture
Church Anew—a ministry of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota—is hosting a hybrid conference on Sunday, April 21-22. The conference theme is Renew: A Love of Scripture. Using interactive, curated talks from a gifted speaker list, the conference offers time for worship, reflection, embodied practice, and rich conversation. You will leave with a refreshed sense of your own relationship to scripture and practical tools for leading in your own community. The Luther Seminary community is invited to attend (virtually or in person) at a discounted rate—$100 off registration for the 2-day in-person conference and $50 off registration for the virtual conference. Register online and use these discount codes: in-person SEMRENEW, virtual SEMRENEWONLINE.
Worship Opportunity: Made in God’s Image
Join the RIC Advocacy Committee and Gather Twin Cities as we commemorate Trans Day of Visibility and National Day of Silence. We will gather in the Chapel of the Incarnation and on Zoom (register here) on April 21 at 7:00 p.m. Central. Come to worship as you are—beautifully and wonderfully made in the image of our awesome creator!
Faith+Lead Blog Posts from Luther Employees and Alums
The Faith+Lead team wants to share a few April blog posts from Luther Seminary-affiliated people. First, an interview with Paul Daniels on genealogy, church history, and faith. Second, a post from recent Luther grad Devin Ames on the connections between his chaplain residency at Mayo Clinic and monasticism. Third, a video post on stewardship from Faith+Lead’s own Sitraka Rakotoarivelo.
God Pause for April 17: 1 John 3
In this devotion, Brenda Wicklund ’07 M.Div., notes that we can love, and receive love, in word and deed. Read today’s God Pause.
Server Room Move and Systems Outage
On Saturday, April 20, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Central, the Luther Seminary server room will move locations. Expect a full outage of all internal and external network and service access, including email, Moodle, remote services, network drives, Inside Luther Seminary, JICS, and on-campus internet access. We hope to complete the work by the end of day on Saturday, but outages could continue into Sunday, April 21. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Status updates will be shared on the Luther Seminary online status hub. You can also subscribe to IT status updates.