On June 24, nearly 50 ELCA pastors gathered in the library of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. They were preparing to process into the first of two memorial services honoring the Rev. Paul Youngdahl, their colleague, mentor and friend.
Charles and Sharon Olson strengthen community life at Luther: Lead gift funds major renovation of campus center
If we can help with this, it is like we are helping the whole church, Charles and Sharon Olson said of their gift toward a major renovation of Luther Seminary’s Olson Campus Center.
By providing the lead gift for the project, the Olsons have made a commitment to strengthen community life at Luther Seminary.
“We both felt in our hearts that there was this need,” they said. “It felt good to support it.”
Good teacher: Gustavus professor guides future leaders to Luther Seminary, service in church
Few colleges have brought as many students to Luther Seminary as Gustavus Adolphus College. For the past 12 years, that well-trod path from Gustavus to Luther seemed to make one essential stop: Old Main office 304H.
Luther Seminary professors common fixtures online: Multiple faculty contributing regularly to Huffington Post
From the classroom to the Huffington Post, a popular Internet newspaper, Luther Seminary professors are broadening their academic reach. In past months David Lose, Marbury E. Anderson Associate Professor of Biblical Preaching; Matthew Skinner, associate professor of New Testament; and Andrew Root, Carrie Olson Baalson Associate Professor of Children, Youth and Family Ministry, have published articles in the Religion and Divorce sections covering myriad topics.
Exemplary youth ministry: This changes everything
The foreword to “The Spirit and Culture of Youth Ministry,” a book written by Luther Seminary Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean Roland Martinson, along with Wes Black and John Roberto, begins with one three-word phrase: “This changes everything.”
Hymnal companion connects worshipers with timeless hymns
In June 2006, Paul Westermeyer, professor of church music, sat among fellow seminary worship faculty at an Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal introduction training event. During a question-and-answer session, Westermeyer asked, “Will there be a hymnal companion?”
Feautor.org: Sharing faith resources with the world
Liturgical music for the small, rural church. Good Friday monologues. And a young-adult study that involves “Battlestar Galactica?” These church resources may not seem to have much in common. And, up until a few years ago, they would have never been available to churches in one place—or for free.
Robert Roth, 1919-2011
Rev. Robert Paul Roth, ’45, Luther Seminary professor emeritus of systematic theology and ethics, died March 23 at his home in Wayzata, Minn. He was 91.
Roth served at Northwestern Seminary in Minneapolis from 1961 to 1990. From 1968 to 1976, he was Northwestern Seminary’s academic dean until the merger with Luther Seminary, where he continued teaching and served as the director of the graduate school.