Listed below are just some of the many events that we organised or have helped to organise. Some broad-scale events that we have a significant role in organising such as the Conference on Worship, Theology and the Arts are not listed here. There are also a number of other activities and events that we have done with students and departments on campus as well as individuals and groups outside of campus that are not listed here.
Each of the events below reflect one or more of the Lutheran Center’s pillars: Lutheran tradition (LT), Interfaith Relations (IR) and Vocational Discernment (VD).
All-Community Read
AY 2023-24: So That All May Flourish: The Aims of Lutheran Higher Education
Spring 2023: Gwen Westerman: Mni Sota Makoce and Follow the Blackbirds
Winter 2021/22: Heidi Neumark: Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memory, and Faith
Spring 2021: Chris Stedman: IRL
Fall 2020: Eboo Patel: Acts of Faith
Community Education Courses
Summer 2023: Living Faith Out Loud: Why Resurrection Still Matters with Rev. Dr. Anna Madsen ’91
Spring 2023: Native American Spirituality with Dr. Kelly Sherman-Conroy
“What Nourishes You?” Monthly Meal Conversations
The Lutheran Center hosts monthly meal conversations for staff and faculty on what nourishes them and contribute to their well-being. Each meal features a St. Olaf staff or faculty member who responds to the question “What Nourishes You?” Each month features a different speaker.
Here are our past speakers:
May 2024: Katie Warren
April 2024: Matt Marohl
March 2024: Emery Stephens
March 2024: Kiara Jorgenson
December 2023: Trish Zimmerman
November 2023: Martin Olague
October 2023: Rehanna Kheshgi
September 2023: Peter Schattauer
May 2023: Michon Weeks
April 2023: Louis Epstein
March 2023: Norma Charlton
December 2022: Shosh Dworsky
November 2022: Alyssa Melby
October 2022: Elaigwu Ameh
May 2022: Ezra Plemons
April 2022: Leslie Moore
March 2022: Anton Armstrong
February 2022: Mary Carlsen
December 2021: DeAne Lagerquist
November 2021: María Pabón Gautier
October 2021: Tesfa Wondemagegnehu
September 2021: Deanna Thompson
Grant Activities
May 2020–December 2022: Connecting With Purpose
Seminars, Symposia and Other Events
September 2024: Angela Denker on The Threat of Christian Nationalism: Rebuilding Trust in the Age of Fear.
September 2022: Eboo Patel visit with interfaith sessions a keynote on We Need to Build.
June 2022: Can St. Olaf be Both Lutheran and Inclusive?
March 2022: Luther’s Legacy of Anti-Judaism and Contemporary Jewish-Lutheran Relations
January 2022: Can St. Olaf be Both Lutheran and Inclusive?
October 2021: Interfaith Leadership for the 21st Century Workplace with Eboo Patel.
Fall 2021: Beyond Land Acknowledgment: A Conversation about What Comes Next
Summer 2021: Teaching the Religion, Faith, and Values GE in a 21st Century Institution of Lutheran Higher Education
Summer 2021: Faith in the Vaccine
Spring 2021: Symposium on Christian Islamophobia
Spring 2021: Exploring Vocation
Spring 2021: Interfaith Leadership for the 21st Century Workplace with Eboo Patel
October 2020: Eboo Patel’s Virtual Visit
Fall 2020: Symposium on The Bible, Race, and the Art of Ambivalence: a Cambodian-American Lutheran Reading.
Spring 2020: A keynote by Rev. Lenny Duncan and discussions about his book Dear Church.