Katie Langston ’21 M.Div., director of digital strategy and executive communication specialist at Luther Seminary, is author of “Sealed: An Unexpected Journey Into the Heart of Grace,” published by Thornbush Press in April. “Sealed” tells the story of Langston’s spiritual journey from being a devout Mormon, compulsively anxious about her worthiness before God, to encountering […]
Luther Seminary announces a new partner in the pursuit of the sale of lower campus, Inland Development Partners. The seminary remains committed to selling the lower campus for additional mixed-use housing, including affordable housing, and is in a solid position as the search for the right buyers continues. “We are pleased to work together with […]
Gracia Grindal, professor emeritus of rhetoric, is author of “Jesus the Harmony: Gospel Sonnets for 366 Days.” Published in April by Fortress Press, this book of sonnets based on the life of Jesus was written to inspire meditation and reflection. Grindal begins her book with information about the inspiration behind her sonnets. The heart of […]
Recently, I was looking back at communications we sent to the Luther Seminary community at the beginning of the pandemic, in which we expressed optimism that we’d be able to reopen in just a few weeks. More than a year later, as vaccines are widely available in the United States, we’re just now able to […]
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean Joy J. Moore, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, is the featured preacher June 6 on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, a nationally broadcast ecumenical radio program. In Moore’s sermon, “Trading Our Sorrows,” based on 1 Samuel 8:1-22, she asks, “Who is our Samuel […]
In “From Monks and Bells to Apps and Notifications,” Christianity Today reviewed “The Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life” by Professor Andrew Root, Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family Ministry. The reviewer, Chris Nye, wrote that Root “achieves something quite remarkable” in his latest book. […]