Intersections

Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities
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Exploring faith, learning, and the vocation of Lutheran Education. The Intersections Podcast brings the Intersections publication to a new format, turning Issues in Seasons and Articles into Episodes!

Episodes

  1. May 28

    Civic Engagement and Faith Perspectives

    Guest editor William O’Brochta introduces the section by overviewing the ELCA’s call to civic engagement, recapping the Fall 2025 Civic Engagement and Faith Perspectives conference at Texas Lutheran University, and previewing the participant essays that follow.

    15 min

  2. May 22

    Fragmented in Faith: The Concerns and Hopes Found in Student Spirituality and Civic Engagement

    Two Texas Lutheran University students reflect on the cyclical pattern of low spiritual and civic engagement on their campus and argue that distinguishing Lutheran values from Lutheran practice could open space for civic engagement to become a non-optional expression of neighbor-justice for all students.

    10 min

  3. May 22

    Civic Engagement, "Baylor In Deeds," and Engaged Learning

    Flavin describes how Baylor’s strategic plan “Baylor in Deeds” and its Office of Engaged Learning are building civic engagement into the Arts & Sciences core curriculum, with early Global Engagement Survey data showing gains in civic efficacy and global civic responsibility.

    5 min

  4. May 22

    Bringing Core Values to Life through Civic Engagement

    Trantham shows how Saint Leo University’s Benedictine Core Values shape his civic engagement work — from advising a “Why Vote?” campaign and Constitution Day panels to engaging students in the Unify Challenge for respectful cross-institutional discourse.

    5 min

  5. May 22

    An Ecosystem of Democracy

    Thomason argues that faith-based institutions should equip students not to dominate the public sphere with their convictions but to cultivate an “ecosystem of democracy” — pursuing universal values with virtue and tolerance while acknowledging humanity’s incomplete grasp of truth.

    5 min

  6. May 22

    Community-Based Research as Engaged Citizenship

    Old argues that genuine citizenship requires more than charitable gestures — it demands long-term, reciprocal community partnerships — and describes how Valparaiso’s Community Research and Service Center embodies that vision even amid the financial pressures threatening such programs.

    5 min

  7. May 22

    Teaching and Mentoring in Service of Civic Engagement

    Hoang describes how her teaching, mentoring, and research at California Lutheran University — including a multi-year collaboration with the Lutheran Office of Public Policy on Lutheran Lobby Day — cultivate civic skills grounded in ELCA social statements and the Lutheran tradition of faith and reason.

    5 min

  8. May 22

    Leaning-In to the Civic Lessons of Our Namesakes

    Mathews-Schultz uses the civic legacy of the Muhlenberg family — from General Pete’s Revolutionary call to action to President Muhlenberg’s inaugural address on the “education of conscience” — to invite students at Muhlenberg College into a shared civic inheritance.

    15 min

  9. May 22

    I am a Treaty Partner

    A recent California Lutheran graduate reflects on how a course on Indigenous Rights and Practices, and a conversation with a former Chairman of the Lummi Nation, led her to claim a “treaty partner” identity and to challenge readers to learn the treaties that shape the lands they call home.

    7 min

  10. May 22

    From the Publisher and Editor

    Wells and Windham-Hughes frame vocation as “ground game” — the practical, public living-out of faith through civic engagement — and introduce the issue’s focus on how Lutheran higher education equips students to repair the world.

    5 min
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Exploring faith, learning, and the vocation of Lutheran Education. The Intersections Podcast brings the Intersections publication to a new format, turning Issues in Seasons and Articles into Episodes!

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    Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities
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