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In this devotion, Don Knudson ’70 M.Div., considers the amazing process of very small things growing to become something else. Read today’s God Pause.

Another remote internship scam is making its rounds this morning. It purports to be from Mary Hess and Dwight Zscheile. It was clearly made with AI, so note that these scams keep getting better.

Some red flags I noticed were:

• Mentions a nonexistent initiative (Digital Commons & Public Faith)
• Seems a bit too good to be true
• We’ve had internship scams sent to us before
• It’s from Mary and Dwight but sent from another person’s email account

This blog post highlights the scams of 2025 and general red flags.

Join us Tuesday, September 22 on the Luther Seminary campus or online for the 2026 Fretheim Lecture in Biblical Theology with Craig Koester—The Death of Jesus and the Message of Life: According to the Gospel of John. This year’s Fretheim Lecture on Biblical Theology explores how, through the crucifixion, God conveys the fullness of his love for the world in order to evoke the faith that gives life. “Life” is the heart of the gospel John proclaims, Koester says, and it defines who God is and what God gives. John presses us to see how God, through the death of Jesus, does indeed give life. John’s Gospel takes us beyond popular notions of sin and sacrifice to present a more radical message. Learn more and register at luthersem.edu/fretheim/26.

In this devotion, Don Knudson ’70 M.Div., prays that each of us can hear and know God’s love during even the most traumatic experiences of life. Read today’s God Pause.

In this devotion, Don Knudson ’70 M.Div., says that God has made us free to rejoice in today and be glad in it. Read today’s God Pause.

Maximus the Confessor was a prominent Byzantine monk and the most influential seventh-century Eastern theologian. He is best known for courageously defending the Orthodox belief that Jesus Christ possesses both a divine and a human will. This stance cost him his tongue and his right hand before he was sent into exile. Learn more about this important theologian with Luther Seminary Library’s brief bibliography on Maximus.