Mid-Winter Convocation

Last week I made a trek to the Luther Seminary campus for the annual Mid-Winter Convocation, a gathering of alumni, pastors, teachers, and all sorts of other folks for study, worship, and fellowship. A few of my pastors went, and I rode along with one of them just for the day on Thursday, rather than for the whole three-day event.





It's a delight to worship in the Chapel of the Incarnation when it's full. And my two workshops were well done. I heard from Terry Fretheim about the evolving nature of the law even within the biblical witness, and Walter Sundberg about biblical inerrancy. The juxtaposition of the two sessions made for a great tension in which to dwell.

(Terry Fretheim used to live in Dennison, by the way. He told me about starting school at the old school house on my street, which is now apartments. So the path to becoming a legend of Old Testament scholarship began right here.)





Of course, it's always great to get back on campus to hit the bookstore and catch up with friends and classmates, and it was fun to run into other pastors from around the Southeast Minnesota Synod, which made me realize how many people I've met during my internship thus far. So the whole experience was well worth the drive!





Pictures (taken by my dad) are from my pre-enrollment campus visit to Luther in April 2008, hence the visible grass. There's no visible grass right now, I assure you. The first building is Olson Campus Center and the second is Gullixson Hall.