Stories from the Luther Seminary community

Founded in the fall of 2014, Luther Seminary’s EcoFaith Network is a campus organization advised by professors Kathryn Schifferdecker and Alan Padgett. In addition to increasing the sustainability of the campus grounds, buildings, and rubbish systems (trash, recycling, and composting), EcoFaith facilitates Luther’s community garden planting in the spring and helps maintain the garden throughout […]

Commencement weekend will be May 31 and June 1 this year. The baccalaureate service will be held in the Chapel of the Incarnation on Saturday, May 31. Lois Malcolm, Olin and Amanda Fjelstad Reigstad Chair for Systematic Theology, will preach, and Steven Thomason, associate professor of spiritual formation and dean of the chapel, will preside […]

On June 17, Luther Seminary will welcome renowned preacher and teacher Will Willimon to deliver the 2025 Aus Lecture on Evangelism titled “Jesus: The Most Interesting Word We Have for the World.” A bishop in the United Methodist Church, Willimon served as the dean of Duke Chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University […]

Luther Seminary’s library is a significant theological resource shared with the wider community. The library is now open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., and closed on weekends. To access the library during public hours, campus visitors can use the intercom at the west entrance of Gullixson Hall to request entry from […]

What does it mean to be human? This question is at the heart of a traveling exhibition that will be on public display in Olson Campus Center at Luther Seminary this fall. “Exploring Human Origins” is a collaboration between the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the American Library Association. The exhibit will make […]