Lois Farag, professor of early church history at Luther Seminary, is the author of “Balance of the Heart: Desert Spirituality for Twenty-First-Century Christians,” published in 2012 by Wipf and Stock Publishers. The book invites readers to learn from the desert fathers and mothers in the pursuit of loving God with our whole heart, soul, and […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been just about a year since the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. One day, things were rolling along as usual at the seminary—classes, meetings, chapel, community activities—and the next, everything shut down. We moved most of our operations to remote work. Classes became entirely virtual. We suspended all seminary-related travel. Surely, […]
The Luther Seminary Board of Directors approved on February 5 the final $1 million repayment of a loan from the endowment. Faced with financial challenges in 2012, Luther Seminary borrowed $7 million from the endowment to cover operating deficits. In 2014, $6 million was paid back with the sale of seminary-owned apartments and the remaining […]
Luther Seminary recently received a $150,000 grant from Trinity Church Wall Street in support of the Seeds Project Fellowship. In an age when people are likely to seek the good apart from God, the Seeds Project seeks to empower Christian innovators who are focused on helping spiritual seekers and disciples of Jesus discover the difference […]
For immediate release (St. Paul, Minn.) – Luther Seminary has received a $1,463,800 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to test interventions that will help pastors and congregations deliberately reshape congregational life by engaging in ministries that resonate more deeply with the presence of God in their daily lives. This focus on resonance seeks to open […]
Rolf Jacobson, professor of Old Testament and Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture, Theology, and Ministry at Luther Seminary, is author of “The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament: Israel’s In-Your-Face, Holy God.” Published in 2018 by Fortress Press, the book explores the narrative arc of the Old Testament, as well as the Psalms. […]