Luther Seminary will continue to lease Stub Hall on a month-to-month basis to Ramsey County to house women and couples experiencing homelessness. The county leased Stub Hall in December for the winter because of the rising number of people who became housing insecure during the pandemic and economic fallout. The county provides 24-hour security. The […]
We Belong to God
For most of my ministry, I have kept a framed prayer by John Wesley, a renewer of the church, as a daily reminder of God’s promised steadfastness. The prayer goes like this: “I am no longer my own but yours, put me to what you will. Put me to doing. Put me to suffering. Let […]
Book Recommendation: “Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture”
Ryan Panzer ’19 M.A. is author of “Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture,” published in 2020 by Fortress Press. Panzer asserts that the digital revolution has profound implications for ministry that are less about tactical changes than they are about philosophical changes. Panzer organizes his book around four values of tech-shaped culture […]
Book Recommendation: “Balance of the Heart”
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 […]
One Year Later
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, […]
Luther Seminary to Repay 2012 Loan Ahead of Schedule
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 […]