Of Interest:
Chilstrom autobiography, A Journey of Grace, to support LSTC chair in New Testament
The Rev. Dr. Herbert Chilstrom’s (Augustana, 1958) autobiography, A Journey of Grace – The Formation of a Leader and a Church, will be published August 1 by Lutheran University Press. Dr. Chilstrom has announced that profits from the sale of his autobiography will support the Herbert W. Chilstrom Chair in New Testament at LSTC.
Dr. Chilstrom recounts not only his own formation as a leader, but of the ELCA, itself. His story of leadership as a pastor, teacher, synod bishop, and as the first presiding bishop of the ELCA, is told in the context of the larger scene of major historical events happening at the time. Martin Marty provides a foreword for A Journey of Grace.
In A Journey of Grace, Dr. Chilstrom shares his personal story, as well, recounting the role of his wife, Corinne, the trauma of the death of their son, Andrew, and the impact of his developmentally challenged brother David.
To learn more about A Journey of Grace – The Formation of a Leader and a Church, visit
http://www.lutheranupress.org/Books/A_Journey_of_Grace. (ISBN 978-1-932688-52-8, $28.00; $25.00 pre-publication price until August 1.)
New Faculty Books
July 19, 2011
Preaching and Stewardship
Craig A. Satterlee, Axel Jacob and Gerda Maria (Swanson) Carlson Professor of Homiletics at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago has published Preaching and Stewardship: Proclaiming God’s Invitation to Grow (Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2011. ISBN 978-1-56699-417-0, $17.00). Alban Institute has published four of Satterlee’s books. Learn more or order at http://www.alban.org/bookdetails.aspx?id=9612.
Inspired by his late colleague, the Rev. Dr. Connie Kleingartner, to provide a long overdue resource on preaching and stewardship, Satterlee shares what he learned to help preachers both proclaim the gospel and ask people to give to the church in response to the good news.
Each chapter of Preaching and Stewardship focuses on questions preachers ought to ask themselves as they prepare the stewardship sermon, such as “What do you mean by stewardship?” and “Why should we give to the church?”
Satterlee also explores what the Bible says about stewardship and names some of the assumptions both preachers and worshipers bring to the stewardship sermon. He uses anecdotes from congregational life and several stewardship sermons to illustrate his points.
A Watered Garden
Benjamin M. Stewart, Gordon A. Braatz Assistant Professor of Worship and Dean of the Chapel, has published A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth’s Ecology (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2011. ISBN 978-0-80665-393-8, $9.99). Stewart explores Christianity’s environmental consciousness as reflected in worship. He interweaves our practice of faith with natural cycles and the world around us, providing a new perspective of our walk with God and the home that has been provided.
A Watered Garden offers a fresh look at our relationship with the Lord through creation.
An excerpt from A Watered Garden was the cover story for the January 28, 2011 issue of The Christian Century.
Learn more or order at http://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/itemcontributor.jsp?contributorcode=5790.