Maddie Tallman & Corey Bergman: ‘Getting married during seminary was a hoot’ Maddie Tallman, from Maryland, and Corey Bergman, from Minnesota, met on a CTA bus as their Orientation groups returned to campus from excursions showing students how to use public transit. They had a lot of classes together and their core group grew closer, “especially as we navigated […]
Adam and Elle Dowd: ‘Our work will always be collaborative’ Adam and Elle Dowd came to seminary together—Elle on the track for an MDiv since age 7, Adam with not nearly that destination history. They met as undergrads at Iowa State in an Old Testament class. Adam was an art and design major who had […]
Erik Boss: Striving to be ‘exceedingly patient through understanding’ Erik (they/them/their, pictured with wife, L), a first-year MDiv student, is on a spiritual journey and glad to be continuing that journey at LSTC. Erik comes to seminary from Colorado and Wyoming, graduating from MSU Denver with a double major in psychology and human development. In […]
Liz Kuster: ‘Glad to be on this journey within this community’ Liz Kuster comes to LSTC from Bettendorf, Iowa, right on the Mississippi River in Eastern Iowa. A member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, she was drawn to LSTC by the sense of community. “Even in difficult situations, the student body seemed to […]
Lora Salley’s internships prepared her for Word and Service chaplaincy Lora Salley (2020, MAM) recently finished her internships—at a church and as a hospital chaplain—but she can still be found walking the hallways as a registry chaplain as she plans her future as a deacon (Ministry of Word and Service). Her recently completed internships have […]
Pandemic has profound impact on Dalton Ruggieri’s internships Don’t get Dalton Ruggieri wrong. He certainly wishes COVID-19 hadn’t arrived. But, it helped shape his internship experience—and ministry—in profound ways. Ruggieri, from Virginia, interned at Carthage College and Trinity Lutheran Church, both in Kenosha, Wis. He’s thankful for the depth and breadth of two different experiences—congregation […]
Horseback riding provides self care during internship marked by Covid-19 Stephani Shumaker embraced her rural internship so completely she took up horseback riding. And despite Covid-19, she was able to continue to ride, even entering a horse show her last week of internship. Though she’s lived in Chicago for seminary, Shumaker considers Omaha her first […]
Kara Baylor: channeling her anger for change Kara Baylor is finding her voice, and she has a t-shirt to prove it. This summer she started a blog called #pissedoffpastor, and a line of t-shirts. Baylor was asked to speak at a rally in Kenosha, Wis., shortly after George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis […]
Kyle Duff: ‘To be salt and light in the world’ Going to seminary isn’t new in Kyle’s family. His father went when Kyle was in kindergarten and when the family lived in Schaumburg, Ill. Kyle has lived in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana as part of a pastor’s family. And although there were suggestions along the […]
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 […]
