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Leading a Congregation in Anxious Times 2018 Summer Institute in Pastoral Theology June 11-13, 2018 Ten years ago, Peter Steinke published a volume entitled Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What (Alban Institute, 2006). Fast forward to 2018 and, if anything, the times have become even more anxious. Pastors and congregational leaders face multiple challenges in a very unsettled and unsettling national and international social, political, economic

three. It also describes an ability or power, energy, and cleansing of grief, trouble, or evil. The concept is relevant in a wide range of disciplines, including medicine, nursing, psychology, public health, education, religion, and spirituality. Healing occurs in multiple dimensions—physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, familial, social, communal, and environmental. Healing occurs at multiple levels from the micro level, as cellular wound healing, to the macro level, as in national and global

-curricular opportunities that are offered every year.Program & Learning Outcomes By participating in Lutes Commute, the Commuter Learning Community, students will be able to: Identify and connect with campus resources designed to support their academic and social transition and success at PLU. Develop meaningful relationships with the PLU community. Identify and utilize spaces/opportunities to deepen their understanding of diversity, justice and sustainability. Engage in opportunities to connect with

personal growth, learning, and self-knowledge, but it isn’t always easy. Some students need a place to develop coping skills for social, academic, and personal growth. Other students face more complex problems like anxiety, depression, and similar concerns. Our experienced team of licensed psychologists and mental health counselors is well prepared to help you make the most of your educational experience. All services are provided at no charge and are available for PLU students who are currently

environments of the Pacific Northwest region are unsurpassed in providing a rich variety of geologic field studies in the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River Basalt Plateau, the coastal areas of the Puget Sound, the Pacific Ocean, and the Olympic Peninsula. The student/faculty ratio in earth science at PLU allows students to work closely with faculty in classes, laboratories, and field studies. Faculty members work individually with students in small seminar groups and on research projects. We offer a

, peace, and light in this Christmas season. Lighting design by Prof. Amanda Sweger, Addy Keller ’26, and Anna Van Vleet ’23, with video and audio production by Travis Pagel, Patrick Brockwell, and John Rutherford. The recording will be available beginning at 8:00pm PST on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Merry Christmas! As you enjoy the recording, remember that our annual Christmas concerts are but one part of a vibrant, busy performance season that showcases the collaborative work of an incredible

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instances, Jews practiced resistance by joining underground activities to preserve artifacts and accounts of the Jewish community under the Nazi regime. Still others, in their everyday lives, continued to resist the Nazis by maintaining their spiritual practices, by engaging in sports activities such as soccer, or by creating music to lift people’s spirits. Jews also worked in underground organizations to assist in aid and rescue work, risking their own lives in an attempt to keep others alive as

he provides guidance and advice on careers, internships and fellowships with the U.S. Department of State to students and professionals in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service with extensive experience Mr. Gliha will share his reflections on his life and work as a career diplomat serving in a variety of capacities in the Middle East–Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen–, the UK, and Washington D.C. The Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens

extermination camps. Despite a multitude of works exploring these places of terror, comparatively little work has been done exploring the role of medical scientists and nurses in perpetrating ethical violations of their mandate to “first, do no harm.” Perhaps even fewer works have attempted to explore the role of Jewish medical personnel and their attempts to fight against the Nazi regime in whatever limited capacity they had. In the post-world war II environment of military tribunals and subsequent doctors