August 1, 2016
Award-winning, classically-trained sculptor Sarah Hempel Irani opens her studio for a conversation with Katy Giebenhain from Seminary Ridge Review. She specializes in sacred art and portraiture and works in clay, plaster, bronze, and marble. She has stood at the chalk “x” marking the spot where Michelangelo stood when selecting Carrara marble. Hempel Irani works from live models with oil-based clay and armatures. She studied Fine Art and Classical Studies at Hillsdale College with sculptor Anthony Frudakis and was apprenticed to Jay Hall Carpenter, former Artist-in-Residence at the Washington National Cathedral. Her M.A. in Humanities is from Hood College Graduate School, with a concentration in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
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July 18, 2016
In this episode Dr. Largen chats with Jono Adams, Seminary student and volunteer firefighter. They discuss his sense of calling as a member of the Gettysburg Volunteer Fire Department, and how that enhances and expands his calling to public ministry.
June 6, 2016
Former Gettysburg Seminary student Ivan Belanji
discusses the Lutheran church in Serbia and Slovakia, and describes his study
at the seminary in Bratislava.
December 7, 2015
Jay Eckman, a second year student at Gettysburg Seminary, talks about his involvement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2015 Youth Gathering in Detroit. He explores the importance of the Youth Gathering for the life of the church as well as the importance of the gathering for his own preparation for pastoral ministry.
November 9, 2015
Pastor Paul Mundey, Senior Pastor at the Frederick Church of the Brethren, discusses the issues of retirement for the clergy. What does retirement mean for the pastor? What are the issues for the congregation? Mundey shares his process of transition into retirement as an example and highlights some of the research and scholars on retirement and transitions in the parish.
April 27, 2015
The Rev. Dr. Mark Oldenburg shares with Dr. Largen two “horror stories” involving 4th of July Sunday morning worship services as a way to talk more constructively about how to balance “secular religion” and Sunday worship services. The goal is to both recognize and celebrate the things that matter in our daily lives—like our country, but also honor and worship God as the absolute center of our life. Public ministers, you don’t want to miss this one!
March 16, 2015
Dr. Christianson speaks with the Rev. Glenn Ludwig, Vice
President of Seminary Advancement, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, and author, In it for the Long Haul: Building Effective
Long-term Pastorates (Alban Institute, 2011) about long term
pastorates. Rev. Ludwig observes that we
have changed our minds about long-term pastorates. Where once three years was thought to be a
good average, we now think that one doesn’t really develop a foundation until
the seventh or eighth years. He describes five pillars for building a healthy
congregation and a long-term pastorate, including how to create a climate of
trust.
