LSTC Exchange Student Mia Federmann: Navigating an Unexpected Journey Growing up in Germany, LSTC exchange student Mia Federmann’s academic path initially seemed far removed from the study of theology. She had dreams of becoming a teacher or pursuing a career in a different field entirely. “I always wanted to become a teacher… and then, after […]
LSTC Summer Reading List The summer reading season is upon us. With long, sunny summer days ahead and plenty of time on the beach—the front lawn, or park bench, the usual conundrum springs up: What to read? In an effort to help you either compile or whittle down your summer reading list, we’re sharing books […]
At the Forefront of Contemporary Ministry: The TEEM Program at LSTC Theological Education for Emerging Ministries, otherwise known as the TEEM program, is a leadership formation process that authorizes leaders from distinguished Word and Sacrament Communities who have served in an emerging ministry site to become fully authorized ministers in the ELCA. TEEM scholarship at […]
LSTC Announces 2023 Fund for Leaders Recipients LSTC is pleased to announce that Madelyn Anderson, Leah Berdahl, Hannah Peterson, and Addy Stuever are this year’s recipients of the Fund for Leaders Scholarship. The ELCA Fund for Leaders Scholarship Program provides full tuition scholarship support for students of tremendous promise attending ELCA seminaries. The scholarship, which […]
Dean Esther Menn on Relationship Building, Interpersonal Connection, and Joy From a personal history of inter-religious engagement to a life-long love of learning For Esther Menn (MA, 1985), Dean of Academic Affairs and Ralph W. and Marilyn R. Klein Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, the journey to LSTC started in Sunday school. “I loved the […]
Making it all fit: Carly Chamberlain stays busy with Public Church Fellowship, work, classes via distance learning For Carly Chamberlain, her calling to the Ministry of Word and Service wasn’t some bolt out of the blue, but a “gentle calling” over many years. Chamberlain, a first-year MAM student, sees her vocation, as well as her […]
Linda Thomas: called to LSTC for such a time as this “Theological intersectionality is my ground of being,” says Linda E. Thomas, professor of Theology and Anthropology. Drawing from multiple fields of expertise, Thomas uses insights from research and experience in fields of anthropology, history and theology in her work and scholarship. “My goal is […]
Lyndsay’s next great adventure: Monsen comes home to Chicago to explore ministerial calling Lyndsay Monsen’s decision to attend LSTC seems obvious: the seminary is an hour’s drive from her hometown of Highland Park, a northern suburb of Chicago. However, the first-year LSTC student took the long route to seminary, doing her undergraduate studies in Boston, […]
Candace Kohli brings her Luther passion to LSTC Perhaps it’s fitting that in seminary Candace Kohli was so obsessed with Martin Luther that in the middle of the night she’d wake up thinking about Luther and his ideas. “I would lay in bed racking my brain trying to figure out how Luther was saying the […]
Coming home: LSTC welcomes alumni and friends back to campus for 4th Homecoming Some 200 alumni and others participated either in person or online Tuesday through Thursday during the Oct. 10-13 Alumni Week. Members of the alumni board hosted a hybrid town hall with President James Nieman on Tuesday afternoon to learn more about LSTC’s […]
