Luther Seminary blocks out the light of the Sun

Standing on the steps of Bockman Hall looking up at the sky while dragging on a cigarette, he said to me, “Look at that, the moon is red.” I didn’t look up, deciding it was safer to keep my eyes on the pavement. A little further down the road was a parked car in the Olson Campus Center parking lot. I wondered if the occupants were also taking in the astrological anomaly that the Luther Seminary Board of Directors would not be bringing out again until June 26, 2010.

Today was also regional assignment day here at Luther. Seniors gathered in the Chapel of the Incarnation, with family members alongside them, to learn where they’d be living and doing ministry for the foreseeable future.

Once home I did look up. Thankfully, the St. Paul drainage ditch that is Burntvedt Court is poorly lit, without the bright lights of a security patrol, and semi-surrounded by a small, dense forest. The sky was as bitterly cold as it was clear. It was beautiful. Thanks Luther.