Hoping to build community and encourage current students, Pastor Pat Lehrer, ’04, of West Nidaros Lutheran Church in Crooks, S.D., was on campus March 14-18 as this year’s alum-in-residence. While at Luther, she attended classes, shared her story with students and preached in chapel. “Leaders who are committed to discerning what God is up to […]
What a friend we have in … Facebook?
Are you on Facebook? If so, you’re one of 600 million virtual “friends” whose profiles, walls, pokes, photos, notes and friend requests have come to change everyday life for people across the world. Is your church on Facebook? Your pastor? If you are a pastor, or studying to be a pastor, what’s the best way […]
M.A. student is voice of Luther on Facebook, Twitter
My entire life, I have been in love with technology. When I was in high school, back about 100 years ago, we had one of the first home computers available. (For those in the know, it was a Commodore Vic 20.) I was introduced by my dad to the Internet, which at that time was […]
WorkingPreacher.org’s impact on one pastor leads him to give back in a big way
It was through the suggestion of a colleague that Pastor Scott Maxwell came across WorkingPreacher.org. “Out of desperation, I asked some colleagues what resources they used to prepare their sermons. Many suggested the typical journals, but then someone told me that Luther Seminary was doing some cutting-edge work and that I should check out Luther’s […]
Becky Brown stays rooted in, gives back to church
Becky Brown has lived all over the country—California, Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, Utah and now Portland, Ore. Throughout her travels, the one place she’s never left is the church. “If I didn’t have the church I don’t know what I would do—with my time, my money, my energy. It’s always been a part of my life,” […]
From Ethiopia to America
As a 13-year-old growing up in Ethiopia, Destaye Crawford already felt called to be a missionary.
“At a young age I was so touched, moved and impressed by the missionaries who came to our country to tell us about Christ,” said Crawford, a Master of Arts student, of her early desire to attend Bible college and begin mission work. “Many years later, the dream came true. Now I am a missionary both in my
country, Ethiopia, and in the U.S.A.”
John Klawiter impacts lives while learning
As an intern at Como Park Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minn., John Klawiter is already giving back to the church. Midway through the year, Klawiter, a Master of Divinity student, says he has found internship to be a great place to try new ways to do ministry. “As an intern you’re growing, but also […]
‘You don’t ignore a call from God’
When Donna Dohrmann first felt called to seminary nearly 20 years ago, she wasn’t sure it was the right time. She knew she was called to ministry, having recently started supply preaching at various churches. But with a husband, Art, who farmed and two children in western North Dakota, seminary seemed out of the question—no […]