For Mroczek, the best part of the story is not the completed ovens, the money the families make, or even successful fundraisers. Instead, it’s that the Perez family themselves have found a way to use the oven to give back.
Equipping Leaders
For Linda Bobbitt, receiving a Master of Arts degree from Luther Seminary in May 2017 was her most recent step toward finding new ways for people to connect with God and each other in a time when the church is undergoing great change.
Engaging in God’s work
“…if anyone is in Christ there is a new creation.” —2 Cor. 5:17
Contextual learning: Giving theology hands
At Luther Seminary, students receive a rigorous and practical theological education based on classroom study and reflection about what it means to be a leader in today’s church.
Broadening horizons
August was a month of excited uncertainty for M.Div. Student Tim Schroeder. Unlike most students, who intern close to home or in another state, Tim was setting off for an internship abroad.
Celebrating the Reformation
Roughly six months after playing a key role in the historic joint ecumenical commemoration of the reformation by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Catholic Church in Lund and Malmö, Sweden last October, Luther Seminary professor Dirk Lange is now prepping for a second big gathering.
A three-year embedded internship
Playing music on the road. A missed call from his wife’s pastor. An afternoon of phone tag and ever-increasing wonder. It sounds like the beginning of a Hollywood movie, but for Taylor Wilson, ’16, it was the start of something that would change his life, fortunately, in an incredibly positive way.
The bread guy
As the grains of wheat once scattered on the hill were gathered into one to become our bread; so may all your people from all the ends of earth be gathered into one in you. The lines of Marty Haugen’s familiar hymn came to life for Dean Safe at his internship at Zion Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids, Minn.