North American Lutheran Seminary - NALS

06/15/2026

Word & Sacrament Issue 7 is here! "The God We Confess" launches a multi-issue theological journey through the Augsburg Confession—beginning where it begins: Article 1, "Concerning God." Explore the triune God as confessed at Nicaea, at Augsburg, and in the life of the church today.

Read it online: thenals.org/magazine

06/12/2026

As our June Intensive comes to a close, we're grateful for a week filled with learning, worship, fellowship, and formation. From the classroom to the chapel, from shared meals to conversations across campus, these days have been a reminder that preparing leaders for Christ's Church happens in community.

Thank you to all who joined us. Safe travels home, and may God continue to guide your calling and ministry.

06/09/2026

We had the joy of celebrating Candice Carter's graduation this spring, presenting her diploma while she was on campus for the June Intensive. Congratulations, Candice!

06/08/2026

Following the commencement ceremony on May 16, the graduates received their physical diplomas from both NALS and TAS as each school's respective administration handed them out in the vesting room. Smiles abounded!

06/05/2026

What if confessionalism isn't primarily a fence—but a door?

In this week's episode of Cardigan & Collar, Dr. David Luy's lecture on generous confessionalism invites us to reconsider what we actually promise when we vow to carry out ministry "in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and with these creeds and confessions."

His answer: the confessions are not just restrictive. They are a way into riches. They function like a well—drawing up the deep reserves of the Catholic and Apostolic faith, making them available to pastors who preach and teach from them.

Hosts Maurice Lee and Nathan Yoder frame the lecture beautifully through C.S. Lewis: when Lucy first hears the name of Aslan, she doesn't feel like a soldier being called to battle. She feels like a child waking up to find that school is out and the summer holidays have begun.

That's the invitation. Come and see.

🎙️ Cardigan & Collar, Season 3, Episode 2—now available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Watch it on YouTube—link in comments below.

05/22/2026

"𝘐𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴? 𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴?"
That question from Dr. David Luy cuts to the heart of what Season 3 of Cardigan & Collar is really about. Confessionalism, he suggests, involves disciplines of attention —and the principal object of that attention needs to be the God whom we confess: the unsearchably vast source of all that is good, all that we have, and the very salvation that is ours in Jesus Christ.

Watch the full episode—now available on Youtube for the first time!
Find full episode link in the comments below.

05/12/2026

It's GRADUATION WEEK at the Seminary Center!

Join us as Trinity live-streams the following this week:

Baccalaureate Service
Friday, May 15: 5 to 6:30pm
Chapel of the Good Shepherd at the Trophimus Center
Join us for a liturgical service celebrating our graduates at the NALS Seminary Center
Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com//streams

Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, May 16 at 10am
Chapel of the Good Shepherd at the Trophimus Center
Join us for the commencement ceremony including the formal conferral of degrees and giving of awards.
Live-stream link: https://www.youtube.com//streams

Please pray for all our graduates, those who are walking at commencement and those who are unable to be present, in gratitude for their diligence and hard work and for the continued help of the Advocate as they embark on their next chapter of working for Christ and His glorious Church.

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05/09/2026

As the spring semester wraps up at the Seminary Center, students and members of the NALS Team gathered Wednesday at the Bridgetown Taphouse for the semester's final LFG (Leadership Formation Group) lunch and then recovened for Vespers at Bonhoeffer House later in the day.

Following Vespers, time was spent in fellowship over a meal, sharing of memories, and a time of intentional prayer for our residential graduates:
David Corrado
Luke Ratke
Jackson Watts

Commencement is scheduled for Saturday, May 16.

05/04/2026

Jackson Watts (MDiv student) and his fiance, Addie Slate (MDiv student in the Presbyterian track), can often be found at their study spot in Trinity's library.
Jackson and Addie will be married Sunday, May 17.

Jackson and Addie will be heading to Jacksonville, Florida, for Jackson's vicarage.
Addie serves on the NALC staff as an assistant on the Youth and Family Team.

05/04/2026

Josh Chen, MDiv (Master of Divinity) student, led the final Matins of the Spring 2026 semester with Caitlin Nobilé, MAR (Master of Arts) Diaconal student, preaching.

Matins using the Lutheran Book of Worship is held the first Monday of each month during fall and spring semesters at Chapel of the Incarnation at Bonhoeffer House which is located at the Seminary Center in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

Vespers and Compline are held Wednesday evenings on a rotating schedule.