Nominations Now Open for 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago is proud to announce that nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards are now open. Each year, LSTC recognizes exceptional graduates (including those from our legacy institutions) who have faithfully served the body of Christ and made a lasting impact […]
Visionary Leaders Honored at the 2024 LSTC Alumni Awards The LSTC community gathered at this year’s Seminex/Homecoming event, held April 16-18, to honor four exceptional individuals who left an enduring mark on our institution and the world. The 2024 Alumni Award winners represent the pinnacle of achievement and service within their respective fields. They embody […]
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 […]
Witness while walking: Francisco Javier Goitía Padilla on leadership, faith, service Church experience for Francisco Javier Goitía Padilla (2014, PhD; 2003, ThM) began early, when his grandmother, a woman of deep faith, took him with her to Roman Catholic services in his hometown in Puerto Rico. “I’ve been a church mouse all my life,” Goitía […]
Beyond reciprocal altruism: Herbert Anderson on empathy, trust & stories that define us In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia; The Silver Chair, Prince Rilian confronts an uncertain future and the reality of an absent leader by uttering a few lines that express a core theme in the life of Herbert Anderson: “Let us descend into the city […]
Radical welcome meets sacred hospitality: Jason Chesnut on digital ministry in a new era Jason Chesnut (2010, MDiv) would be the first to admit that his work may sound unfamiliar to those committed to traditional ways of reaching congregations. “I’m not cut out for parish ministry,” Chesnut says, “and that’s OK.” It’s more than OK; […]
Four to receive distinguished alumni awards Four LSTC graduates will be honored when alumni return to campus Oct. 11-12 for Homecoming/Alumni Week. They are: Jason Chesnut (2010, MDiv) will receive the 2022 Witness to the World award, given to a clergy or lay person engaged in the work of public church in any setting. Chesnut is […]
Five distinguished alumni honored at Homecoming 2021 For the second year in a row, LSTC presented distinguished alumni awards in a ceremony held online. The five recipients— with varied years and experiences of service—expressed deep gratitude to the school, their families and all those who have cheered them on. Hosted by alumni board members Michael […]
Craig Mueller shares his ‘My LSTC story’ I chose to attend LSTC because of the Seminex faculty who had arrived one year before. LSTC was a great match for my interests in church music and liturgy. I have fond memories of several LSTC choir tours and other special concerts. In chapel I was able to […]
George Zachariah shares his ‘My LSTC story’ In my discernment process, I was surrounded with mentors and comrades who encouraged me to discern my vocation in my organic solidarity with the communities at the margin. My public witness, along with the subaltern social movements and ecumenical student movements, clarified my sense of call, and led […]
