I have been reminded recently about the ways that God is transforming the world, the church and the next generation of leaders. Commencement of 112 Luther Seminary graduates was a wonderful time to pray for God’s blessing on the
June 2017 Newsletter
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Commemorate the Reformation at Luther Seminary
2017 marks 500 years since the Reformation, and Luther Seminary is set to commemorate this event in October. Join us on Oct. 27-28, 2017 for the Reformation Festival
Luther Seminary hosts 1,800 preachers at Festival of Homiletics
Preachers – more than 1,800 – flocked to San Antonio, Texas, in May to experience the 25th annual Festival of Homiletics.
This year saw a record number of attendees who enjoyed sermons from renowned preachers, including Walter Brueggemann, Barbara Brown Taylor, Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Otis Moss III
LWF elects Luther Seminary graduate as president
During the twelfth assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Windhoek, Namibia, LWF elected a new president: Luther Seminary graduate Musa Panti Filibus, ’98. Filibus hails from Nigeria and has worked closely with LWF, serving as area secretary for Africa in the Department for Mission and Development, director of the Department for Mission and […]
The Grace of Dogs by Andy Root
It was an impromptu but profoundly moving benediction for a much-loved friend who had just died, delivered by a grieving 8-year-old, that was the genesis for the new book, “The Grace of Dogs: A Boy, a Black Lab, and a Father’s Search for the Canine Soul” Andy Root, the Carrie Olson Baalson Associate Professor of Youth and […]