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Happy Fall Reading Week, NPTS community! 🍁 As a reminder, there are no courses or events scheduled this week. Rest well,...
10/12/2026

Happy Fall Reading Week, NPTS community! 🍁 As a reminder, there are no courses or events scheduled this week. Rest well, read up, and we will see you back in class next week.

Join us October 20 and 27 as Dr. Lauren Schwer, Director of Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola University, leads us in the ...
10/09/2026

Join us October 20 and 27 as Dr. Lauren Schwer, Director of Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola University, leads us in the Ignatian practice of imaginative prayer. Using Scripture, our senses, and an invitation to the Holy Spirit, Ignatian Contemplation invites an individual to encounter God (often specifically Jesus) in the Gospels in a dynamic and unfolding way. By imagining you yourself are embedded within a Gospel story, new conversations and understandings of relationship can unfold.

From its inauguration in 1951 to today, the David Nyvall lectureship series has been stimulating interest in the interpr...
10/08/2026

From its inauguration in 1951 to today, the David Nyvall lectureship series has been stimulating interest in the interpretation of the Christian message for the contemporary world. We are deeply grateful to Dr. Reggie L. Williams for delivering the 2026 Nyvall Lecture last week, and to all those who joined in person and online to reflect on its timely and sobering topic: "The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complicated Story of Resistance to Fascism." You can now find view (and share) the lecture on the NPTS website here: https://seminary.northpark.edu/nyvall-lecture/video-2026-david-nyvall-memorial-lecture-the-bonhoeffer-conundrum-a-complicated-story-of-resistance-to-fascism/. (Also pictured: Rev. Dr. Gene Bartlett delivering the Nyvall Lecture in 1965.)

Tonight’s community worship celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, led by community members Eneida Reyes, Karla Walker, Che...
10/07/2026

Tonight’s community worship celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, led by community members Eneida Reyes, Karla Walker, Cheryl-Lynn Alexander-Bermudez, and Sophia Magallanes-Tsang. NPTS alum Rev. José González, lead pastor at Northbrook Covenant Church, preached on Luke 15:11–32, reminding us that God’s love is not dependent on what we do—and we don’t need to clean ourselves up to come to God. “Thinking God’s love is earned separates us from God’s joy, whether through anxiety or entitlement. God loves because God is love. God loves you, and there is nothing you can do about it. This is both reassuring and wildly offensive.”

What does Scripture teach about leadership, authority, and integrity? Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at 12pm CT for ou...
10/05/2026

What does Scripture teach about leadership, authority, and integrity? Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at 12pm CT for our fall public theology lecture as two Bible scholars, Dr. Andrew J. Schmutzer and Rev. Dr. Melanie A. Howard, engage in a timely conversation about faithful Christian leadership and the challenges of celebrity culture. This lecture will take place virtually and will be followed by a Q&A. Register here today: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=XJstk4Jt-ku4eHB60lGBjMEwgtET5ORPtM6Ax2KI5wZUQzlEM0ZZM0pTSUlKMjA3RjBEMVVDVURPMS4u

Join us at 3pm CT TODAY, October 1 for the Fall 2026 David Nyvall Memorial Lecture: "The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complic...
10/01/2026

Join us at 3pm CT TODAY, October 1 for the Fall 2026 David Nyvall Memorial Lecture: "The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complicated Story of Resistance to Fascism," featuring theologian Dr. Reggie L. Williams. Watch the lecture live at seminary.northpark.edu/live, and join our moderated Q&A immediately afterward by posting comments or questions in the YouTube chat.

NPTS faculty expertise serves the church and forms its future leaders beyond the classroom! This past weekend at the Cov...
09/29/2026

NPTS faculty expertise serves the church and forms its future leaders beyond the classroom! This past weekend at the Covenant Harbor Women's Retreat, Drs. Michelle Dodson (Associate Professor of Ministry) and Hauna Ondrey (Associate Professor of Church History) shared some of their instrumental sociological and historical research for the 50th anniversary of women's ordination. Through storytelling, scholarship, and reflection, they invited participants to see themselves within the "cloud of witnesses."

There’s still time to register for next Thursday’s Nyvall lecture, “The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complicated Story of Res...
09/25/2026

There’s still time to register for next Thursday’s Nyvall lecture, “The Bonhoeffer Conundrum: A Complicated Story of Resistance to Fascism,” featuring theologian Dr. Reggie Williams. Join us in person or online October 1 at 3pm CT for this timely presentation, to be followed by an audience Q&A. You can register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/QePRU1d5Yk

Our "Centering Down: Contemplative Practices for Diverse Communities" series begins TODAY, with Rev. Rich Johnson leadin...
09/22/2026

Our "Centering Down: Contemplative Practices for Diverse Communities" series begins TODAY, with Rev. Rich Johnson leading us in a litany of gratitude inspired by the Jewish practice of "Dayenu"! Join us in person in Nyvall Hall's Isaacson Chapel at 4:30pm CT, with dinner following the service in Olsson Lounge, or pray with us via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86740324721?pwd=yWUZ61oVpsHLrrVRvEYKxu4rl7vRmQ.1

Ignite and Equip intensives take place this week in California and Nebraska! We're holding our students in prayer as the...
09/22/2026

Ignite and Equip intensives take place this week in California and Nebraska! We're holding our students in prayer as they complete their coursework and connect with their cohorts. May God give you energy, focus, and joy! 📚💙

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