Share a few photos and reflections about somewhere you’ve visited! As things are opening up, we are still gathering posts, photos and thoughts from students, staff, alumni, and friends of Lutheran Campus Ministry about places folks have visited! We’d love to see your photos and thoughts from your travels. Pick out 2-5 photos to share, including one with you in it! …
O God, You care for and protect us all like a good shepherd cares for the sheep. Help me to see you care, your wisdom, your guidance. Help me to realize the abundance and resources that surround me. Guide me as I make my way through the dangers and difficulties of life. Remind me of your constant presence and your …
Psalm 23 1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. 2The Lord makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters. 3You restore my soul, O Lord, and guide me along right pathways for your name’s sake. 4Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5You prepare a …
I live about 3 miles from campus, in Lemont. We’re in a small neighborhood on the side of Mount Nittany. There are woods and a creek below us and the Mount Nittany Conservation area above us, so we always have lots of wildlife making their way through. There’s always deer, rabbits, squirrels, skunks, possums, groundhogs and the occasional fox. This …
REPOST from African Descent Lutheran Association: The Tulsa Race Massacre (known alternatively as the Tulsa race riot, the Greenwood Massacre, the Black Wall Street Massacre, the Tulsa pogrom, or the Tulsa Massacre) took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked black residents and …
Congratulations! You have worked long and hard in your time at Penn State and reaching the point of graduation is truly a reason to celebrate! We are so proud of you for your dedication and hard work, and we are grateful that you have been part of our community in your time at Penn State. Though this past year of …
A Statement from ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton addressing racial justice. “But let justice roll down like waters,and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24 NRSV). The last 16 days have been a microcosm of the original sins of racism and white supremacy in the United States. This has included the trial of Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd; the extrajudicial killings of Daunte …
Join the Society for the Study of Religion in discussing Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. The Society for the Study of Religion (SSR) at Penn State is pleased to introduce its new book club! Our first book, selected by popular vote, will be Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (see below for the cover description). The meeting is currently scheduled …
God of creation, Thank you for the beauty of all that you have created. Help me to pause and see your gifts in spring’s changes all around. Show me your presence and your love in your world. Fill me with compassion for the people around me. Help me to treat them with kindness and patience. Show me ways to live …
Every year, the Sunday after Easter brings the same gospel reading. It is a beautifully written and translated story where Jesus appears to his disciples on Easter Sunday evening and appears to them again a week later. The first time, Thomas is not there. The others try to tell him that they saw Jesus and he insists that he needs …
