Features

4

Diverse Paths, Shared Purpose
Kristen Aasmundstad Walsh
Meet four students from the 2002-2003 first-year class.

6

The Bible & Our Ethics
Ralph W. Klein
A discussion with LSTC’s professor of Old Testament.

10

Bound by Law, Freed by Faith
Kristen Aasmundstad Walsh
An interview with LSTC board member, William C. Lee, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court.

12

The Business of Ethics
Richard Perry
Can a Christian be moral in his or her business relations and decisions?

13

So That the World May Know...
Headlines from the Seminary’s last 40 years.

16

Rural Ministry
Cheryl Stubbendieck
Seminarians learn firsthand about Nebraska.

Departments

President’s Message.............................2

Faculty Notes

Anthropology in Seminary; The
Theology of Origin, Nature and
Destiny..............................................20

Philanthropy Highlights..................24

Class notes.........................................26

Event Calendar.....................Back Cover

EPISTLE
Spring 2003 VOLUME 33 NO. 1

Epistle is published by the office of Marketing and Communications
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

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Contributors
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Kristen Aasmundstad Walsh

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Board of Directors
Officers
Carolyn J. Riehl, Chair
Richard Hoefs, Treasurer
Diane Schneiders, Secretary
David Wegge, Vice Chair
Members
Daniel Anderson
Suzanne Anderson-Hurdle
Terry Baeder
Melba Bangert
David deFreese
David L. Echelbarger
Al Krienke
Paul Landahl
William C. Lee
Mary Lewis
Ling Li
Robert Long
Walter May Jr.
Elaine Olson
Emlyn Ott
Ruth Purtilo
Susan Rehwaldt
Gerald Schultz
Daryl Siebens
Naomi Stennes-Spidahl
Stephen Youngdahl

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