I’m surprised by the power and simplicity of this testimony throughout the pages of Scripture. Our witness as people of God seems to gain clarity and force when we are in movement, on a journey, following a path, away from home—in a word, when we are migrant. And it’s amazing how often the people of God are on the move in Scripture, changing places: Abraham, Moses, the children of Israel in the wilderness, the Exile, Ruth, Jesus, the Disciples and Paul—to name a few.

Luther Seminary scholarship recipients and donors gave thanks together on campus May 10. Nearly 250 donors and students gathered for Blessings, an annual opportunity for donors of current scholarship funds, major contributors to the general scholarship fund, the students they support and merit scholarship recipients to gather for dinner and worship.

Dawn Rundman can’t get enough of the Mildreds. You know, the elderly women in your congregation who brought you cookies each Sunday when you were young and now seek you out during the Passing of the Peace?

Hundreds of pastors and lay leaders from across the country converged on the Luther Seminary campus for Rethinking Stewardship, July 24-26. Presenters included Luther Seminary faculty members, who spoke alongside ELCA staff, nonprofit leaders and nationally acclaimed theologians.

Tom Ahlstrom was pursuing his Master of Divinity at Luther Seminary in the late 1970s—until one day, he woke up laughing. “I said to myself, ‘Tom, you don’t have a call. What are you doing here?’” said Ahlstrom. “I deeply liked the seminary but I decided, I guess I’m gonna resign. I don’t belong here.”

The benefits of a theological education go well beyond the potential to preach from a pulpit. Dorothy Probst, ’03, knows this firsthand. It was her Luther Seminary education and Luther Seminary President Richard Bliese’s book, “Evangelizing Church,” that inspired Probst to combine her call as an architect and designer with her Christianity.