Alumni/ae Stories
Read about where a Luther Seminary education has taken
these alumni/ae.
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Mark Brown '82
Regional Representative for Jerusalem and the Middle East, Lutheran World Federation
Jerusalem, Israel
The Rev. Mark Brown, '82, started April 2004 as Lutheran World Federation's regional representative for Jerusalem and the Middle East.
The Lord makes strange days for Palestinians and Israelis, locked in a struggle for the same Holy Land.
"It's easier to be a faithful Christian here," he says quietly. "You're prompted every day to wake up and reaffirm that today is the day that the Lord has made."
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Christian Holleck '99
Pastor, Mount Hope Lutheran Church
Pontiac, Michigan
“Studying another belief system has enabled me to come to a deeper understanding of Christianity”s unique claims,” said Christian Holleck, '99, a graduate of Luther Seminary”s Islamic Studies program and pastor at Mount Hope...
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Mark Reitan '71
Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church
Lynnwood, Washington
The idea of call is near and dear to Mark Reitan”s heart. He serves as senior pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, Wash. “The whole business of call and resisting call is a very real thing,” he said. “You have to...
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Kris Linner '87
Chaplain, Lyngblomsten Care Center
St. Paul, MN
Kris Linner was working as a social worker with the elderly, when she felt called to enter seminary. “The 'still small voice” within would no longer be still. My thought was that I would go to seminary and get this yearning for studying...
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Todd Buegler '95
Director of Youth and Family Ministry at Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Maple Grove, Minn.
Todd loves what he does every day, calling ministry to junior and senior high youth “the greatest work of the church.”
“You”re affecting people”s lives at a point when they really need the message of the...
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Kristine Stache '02
Doctor of Philosophy Student
“The first on-line course I took was the Pentateuch course with Dr. Richard Nysse. It was a combination class, meeting on site once a week with discussion groups working online. I chose the course because I was already working full time and...
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Jon Campbell '02
Minister fo Music
Bethel Lutheran Church
Rochester, Minn.
Harmonious voices lifted in song, the golden tones of the two bell choirs—even the cacophony of hammers and saws as Bethel Lutheran, Rochester, Minn., constructs its new 1,000-seat sanctuary—all of it is music to Jon Strommen Campbell”s ears, and his have been professionally trained. His opportunity at Bethel came after he earned his master of sacred music degree at Luther Seminary. “The MSM program really gave me a sense of vocation,n’t he says. “I grow as a person of faith as I do what I love.n’t Now Jon”s ears are helping him consult with the builders and engineers who will make sure that Bethel”s new acoustics sound like heaven.
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Jill Abenth '03
Jill Abenth says she came to Luther Seminary for herself.
“I had been turned on by a couple of (college) religion classes, and wanted to study more,” she said. “But I soon realized that I was being prepared for work that I...
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Krista Lind '97
Director of the Student Resource Center
Luther Seminary
If you”re interested in preparing for service as a rostered leader in the ELCA, Krista Lind is someone you”ll want to get to know. Luther Seminary”s Coordinator for Candidacy and Placement, Lind was rostered as an Associate in...
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Kevin Mabry
When Kevin Mabry graduated from the Children, Youth and Family distributed learning program in the summer of 2008, he knew he had earned it. The road was a long and sometimes difficult one, but Mabry continued to pursue his call.
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