What can you expect from summer Hebrew at Concordia Seminary? Kendall Davis interviews Garrett Morgan who recently took summer Hebrew. They talk about what to expect from summer Hebrew and tips for success!

What can you expect from summer Greek at Concordia Seminary? Kendall Davis speaks with a past summer Greek student, Joseph Eggerman. They talk about what summer Greek is like, what to expect, and ways to thrive in such an intensive context.

This week’s episode is about resources for liturgical worship. Kendall Davis talks with Christian Einertson about what resources people should know about in order to plan and conduct services week to week. SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: Gathered Guests by Timothy Maschke https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1991857~S11 LSB Altar Book https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1663691~S11 LSB Agenda https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1663688~S11 LSB Pastoral Care Companion https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1986624~S11 The Conduct of the Service b A. C. Piepkorn https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1954795~S11 The Conduct of the Services by Charles McClean https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1985871~S11 LSB Hymn Selection Guide https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1985784~S11 Lutheran Worship: History and Practice by Fred Precht https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1698613~S11 LSB Lectionary Books https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1984786~S11 LSB Propers of the Day https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1989038~S11 The Daily Divine Service Book: A Lutheran Daily Missal edited by Heath Curtis https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1994795~S11 The Lutheran Missal Project https://lutheranmissal.home.blog/ Lectionary at Lunch https://concordiatheology.org/lalp/ The Sermon and the Propers by Fred Lindemann https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1924643~S11 Issues, Etc. "Looking forward to Sunday Morning" https://issuesetc.org/tag/looking-forward-to-sunday-morning/ The Lutheran Liturgy by Luther Reed https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1247688~S11

In this episode, Ph.D Student Hayden Lukas discusses his article in the 2022 edition of Grapho on the nature of light. Through a comparison of the platonic and physicalist perspectives on light, Lukas encourages the recovery of the light as the revealer of truth and intelligibility, especially as it pertains to Christ. You can read his article here: "Light: Recovering an Ancient Perspective" by Hayden Lukas (csl.edu) SHOW NOTES: This episode was recorded in 2022, when Kendall Davis was the chairman of the student publications committee. The current chairman is Ben Vanderhyde. Timaeus by Plato https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b2032241~S11 The Republic by Plato https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b2119747~S11 City of God (especially Book 11) by Augustine https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1273699~S11

As we prepare for the 2023 release of Grapho, the student journal at Concordia, we wanted to share a few interviews with last year's authors.  In this episode, Ben Vandermyde interviews former STM student Kendall Davis about his essay in the 2022 issue of Grapho, the student journal of Concordia Seminary entitled "Arius as a Figure in Church History." You can read his article here or on CSL Scholar: "Arius as a Figure in Church History" by Kendall Davis (csl.edu) SHOW NOTES: This episode was recorded in 2022, when Kendall Davis was the chairman of the student publications committee. The current chairman is Ben Vanderhyde. Arius: Heresy and Tradition by Rowan Williams https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1976569~S11

Aidan Moon and Connor Wandrasch continue the discussion about how Seminarians can benefit from the Logos Bible Software. Connor offers tips on note-taking, sermon writing, workflows, and more!

Aidan Moon talks with 4th Year Seminarian James Bozarth about the Bible software, "Logos". What are the best ways to sort through information? How can it enrich notetaking for the future? How can Logos help you in the parish? 

Welcome back to Back to the Sources. As we prepare for the 2023 release of Grapho, the student journal at Concordia, we wanted to share a few interviews with last year's authors.  Today, Kendall Davis interviews Ben Vanderhyde about his essay in the 2022 issue of Grapho, entitled "Impassioned Wonder: Theosis and the Place of Reason in Gregory Nazianzen’s Theological Orations." You can read it here:  "Impassioned Wonder: Theosis and the Place of Reason in Gregory Nazianz" by Ben Vanderhyde (csl.edu) SHOW NOTES:  On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by Gregory of Nazianzus https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1558322~S11 Who do I say that you are?: anthropology and the theology of the theosis in the Finnish School of Tuoma Mannermaa by William Schumacher https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b1992713~S11 Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis by Jordan Cooper https://bridges.searchmobius.org/record=b2341141~S11

Suffering is an unavoidable part of the human experience, and it does not take long in a ministry context before we see its signs. Trauma, as a specific form of suffering, is something many people have experienced. The laments of Scripture, particularly the Psalms, give us language to approach the trauma of human life, with its questions of theodicy and emotional, physical, and mental suffering. Join us, seminarians Aidan Moon and Adam Flanick, as we scratch the surface of how lament can be integrated through ritual and liturgy to help those suffering develop the skills necessary to live in right relationship with God and their fellow creatures.   SOURCES: Ablon, J. Stuart. Changeable. New York: TarcherPerigree, 2018. Anderson, Herbert. “How Rituals Heal.” Word and World 30, no 1 (2010): 41-50. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Broadleaf Books, 2022. Carlson, Nathaniel A.  “Lament: The Biblical Language of Trauma.” A Journal for the Theology of Culture 11, no. 1 (2015) 50-68 Firth, David and Johnston, Philip S. “The Psalms and Distress.”  Interpreting the Psalms: Issues and Approaches (2005): 63-84. Jones, Serene “Soul Anatomy: Calvin Commentary on the Psalms” in: Attridge, Harold W. and Fassler, Margot E. Psalms in Community: Jewish and Christian Textual, Liturgical, and Artistic Traditions (2003): 265-284. Meyer, Stephen G. “The Psalms and personal Counseling.”  Journal of Psychology and Theology, no. 2 (1974): 26-27. Waltke, Bruce K., James M. Houston, and Erika Moore. The Psalms as Christian Lament: A Historical Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014.

Kendall interviews Kristen Einertson about her recent essay in the 2022 issue of Grapho, the student journal of Concordia Seminary entitled "Tradition: Handing Down the Light to the Next Generation."