Gullixson Hall

The front entry houses a wall of wooden sculptures done by Arnold Flaten, which declares that our God makes promises with his people and keeps them.

On your way up the steps, notice the old water jug on the landing. It dates back to the time of Jesus and was found in Israel by a faculty member and a group of students. They brought it back and placed it here as a reminder of Jesus’ first miracle when he turned water into wine at the wedding at Cana. He used ordinary water from an ordinary jar and did an extraordinary thing. That’s the way he works with us ordinary folks today, too.

People come to Luther Seminary from all over the world – our library is one of the reasons. Visitors can tap into the wealth of books on hand or request resources from around the globe. The library is also home to a number of art pieces from around the world, expressions of the gospel in various cultures and settings.

Up one more flight of steps is the rare book room. When Gullixson was first built, the room was a chapel set up with radio equipment, so students could broadcast the gospel using the most advanced technology of the time. Since then, it has been renovated to house examples of the first time Lutherans used technology to spread the gospel. Books printed before Columbus sailed to America sit on these shelves, but many more date from the 16^th, 17^th and 18^th centuries when books were printed by the hundred using the printing press in the language of the people. Luther used this technology to create books and fliers that communicated his ideas about the gospel and the church.