LSTC Announces its Homecoming and Seminex 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of Legacy and Learning Get ready for an extraordinary three days as the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) hosts a unique blend of Homecoming and commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Seminex from April 16-18, 2024. The event will take place both in person […]
The Power of Support ELCA scholarships fuel success of LSTC Fund for Leaders recipients Financial support plays a crucial role in prospective students’ ability to follow through on their call and pursue a career in ministry and service. This is especially true for the inspiring scholars who are embarking on the first year of their […]
MDiv Student Shemiah Curry Answers the Call Shemiah Curry’s journey to becoming a seminarian was not something she actively sought, but a calling she couldn’t ignore. While working as a teacher in North Carolina, she reconnected with her undergraduate Bible study ministry, which had transitioned into a young adult ministry. When the pastor leading this […]
No Time Like the Present: Learning Communities Takes Flight For Lane Lewis, building faith-based community has always been at the forefront of his priorities. Lane and his wife, Johanna, had been members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Naperville, Illinois, for twenty-seven years and now Trinity Lutheran in Greenville, South Carolina for the past two […]
A pastoral letter concerning Israel and Palestine and our life together “Blessed be Abba God, the God of our Savior Jesus Christ, the Source of all mercies and the God of all consoling, who comforts us in our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the same comforting God has given […]
LSTC Alum Rev Dr. Tom Gaulke MDiv ’07 PhD ’20 on Hope, Healing, and Promises One of LSTC alum Tom Gaulke’s most foundational spiritual experiences was also one of his earliest memories. “It’s as far back as I can remember,” he says. “I was sitting on a carpet at Hales Corners Lutheran Church. I think […]
Reverend Til Bauer’s Sabbatical Journey: Exploring Faith, Culture, and Creativity in Chicago Reverend Tilman Bauer, affectionately known as Til Bauer, is embarking on a transformative sabbatical semester at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. His primary goal is to gain practical insights and knowledge that will enrich his ministry back home at the Lutheran […]
LSTC at the Parliament of the World’s Religions By SaraTrumm, Director of A Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice Chicago is the original home and the headquarters of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, so when it was announced that this year’s gathering would be hosted just a few miles from LSTC, folks […]
Clark Olson-Smith, MDiv ’06 on Faith, Community, and the Path Ahead For LSTC Alum Clark Olson-Smith MDiv ’06 the call to ministry came unexpectedly, during college. “At the time,” he remembers, “I was struggling with feelings of inadequacy, and not feeling like God was giving this blessed assurance that I had been promised.” During this […]
Constancy in Change: LSTC A poem by: Rev. Dr. Arthur Turfa From the Upper Peninsula and theMississippi Valley they came, also from the Prairies and West Addison Street,with libraries in languages of their ancestors, vestments, and the memoriesof all those places. Unity inspired a new seminary in the shadowof a university. Modern was its design, […]
