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Hosted by Technicolor—a Luther Seminary LGBTQIA+ student group—in the Luther Seminary library on Thursday, April 24 at 4:00 pm. Come meet Ayo Yetunde, pastoral counselor and author of the newly released ‘Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life,’ a culmination of work begun as the Theology of Prince project at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Questions? Contact Cody Sanders at csanders001@luthersem.edu.

There will be prospective students on campus on April 24 for the monthly Campus Visit Day hosted by the Admissions Office. Feel free to greet them during lunch church or if you see them out and about. Please reach out to Ashley T. at welcome@luthersem.edu with any questions.

Join us Thursday, April 24, 7-9 p.m. for a Brewery Night in the West Metro hosted by the student council rep for commuter students. This spring we are trying to have gatherings once a month out in the suburbs to make it easier for those of us that live a little bit further out from campus. This month we’ll gather at Luce Line Brewery in Plymouth for an evening of fun, fellowship, and food (food is on us, you have to buy your own alcohol). Everyone—students, faculty, staff—is welcome, especially those who love craft beer and/or live in the West Metro. Watch for future gatherings in other suburban communities. Questions? Contact Lauren (lmildahl001).

In this devotion, Vernon J. Bittner ’61 M.Th., Th.D., shares how only through God’s grace was he able to find the courage not to give up when life seemed hopeless. Read today’s God Pause.

Saint Cloud VA Health Care System, in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, has openings in their summer 2025 CPE program. For more information, contact Daniel Duggan at Daniel.Duggan@va.gov.

Venicious Reeves, Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 103
The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff. However, other than the candidate, only faculty members have speaking privileges. What is a Ph.D. oral defense? The oral defense is the final step before graduation for Ph.D. degree candidates. The student has finished all research and is presenting a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of scholarship. A copy of the completed thesis is available prior to the defense for those in the Luther Seminary community. Read “Developing Ministries of Care Responsive to the Lived Situation of the Zogo People: Addressing Contexts of Trauma, Stigmatization, and Poverty in Post-Civil War Liberia.”