LSTC Faculty Launch Oral History Project Documenting the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries Historic Roster Three professors from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago are launching an oral history project that will document and preserve the stories of LGBTQIA+ leaders who helped transform the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The project is led by Dr. Karri […]
LSTC Student Ingrid Kieffer on Attending Q Conference 2026 Ingrid Kieffer is an MDiv Student at LSTC who remains deeply engaged in campus life, community activism, and Public Church theology. Their reflection below articulates the value they found attending Q Conference 2026. In mid-January 2026 I had the fortunate opportunity to attend QCF’s Annual Conference. […]
Belonging, Calling, and Queer Formation at Q Conference When Admissions Counselor Cade Chrastina represented LSTC at the Q Conference, one message came through clearly in conversation after conversation: people are searching for a seminary where their faith and their identity don’t have to compete. Many of the people Cade spoke with described feeling disconnected from […]
Brooke Petersen on finding meaning in bivocational practice For Brooke Petersen (2006, MDiv), coming back to teach and serve as the director of the MDiv and MA programs and coordinator of candidacy at LSTC has been a full-circle experience. “There have long been questions deep in my heart that were made even more real in […]
Katie Mueller: Called to ministry at age 8 and finally at seminary The first thing Katherine (Katie) Mueller wants you to know about her is that she laughs a lot. She loves to dance and sing, eat good food in good company, walk and write. In her journalism writing prior to seminary, the column she […]
