{"id":2,"date":"2024-10-30T19:27:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:41:21","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapel and Spiritual Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/11\/ConvocationDay_32-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A lit candle and a baptismal font in a church with a congregation in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/11\/ConvocationDay_32-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/11\/ConvocationDay_32-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/11\/ConvocationDay_32-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/11\/ConvocationDay_32-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2024\/11\/ConvocationDay_32.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luther Seminary\u2019s mission is to \u201c<em>educate leaders for Christian communities called and sent by the Holy Spirit to witness to salvation through Jesus Christ and to serve in God\u2019s world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chapel Team at Luther Seminary contributes to this mission by cultivating the spiritual life of both the leaders we are educating and the staff and faculty who serve them, through <strong>worship<\/strong>, <strong>communal spiritual practices<\/strong>, and ongoing <strong>pastoral care<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students have access to various opportunities for spiritual growth and pastoral care:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Weekly Worship Service of Holy Communion (Wednesdays)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daily Communal Spiritual Practices (see <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/the-weekly-chapel-rhythm\/\">weekly schedule<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/spiritual-direction-resources\/\">Reimbursement and Resources for Spiritual Direction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/chapel-staff-and-care-team\/\">Luther Seminary Care Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size maroon-button is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-maroon-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZSe23LabjUAVrE4h8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Prayer Request<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the Dean of the Chapel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/headshot-2025-laughing-Cropped-300x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/headshot-2025-laughing-Cropped-300x300-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/headshot-2025-laughing-Cropped-300x300-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/headshot-2025-laughing-Cropped-300x300-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Rev. Dr. Steve Thomason, PhD is associate professor of spiritual formation, dean of the chapel, an artist, and a pastor rostered in the ELCA. He leads the chapel staff and the care team to cultivate a healthy spiritual community for Luther students, staff, and faculty. Read his weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/dean-of-chapel-blog\/\">Chapel Notes<\/a> to stay connected to the heart of the Chapel Ministry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Seminary\u2019s mission is to \u201ceducate leaders for Christian communities called and sent by the Holy Spirit to witness to salvation through Jesus Christ and to serve in God\u2019s world.\u201d The Chapel Team at Luther Seminary contributes to this mission by cultivating the spiritual life of both the leaders we are educating and the staff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}