{"id":7520,"date":"2012-08-30T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/?page_id=7520"},"modified":"2017-12-18T19:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:27:34","slug":"spiritual-expression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/spiritual-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/08\/all_saints_candles_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-51653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2012\/08\/all_saints_candles_web.jpg\" alt=\"wooden cross filled with sand and burning candles\" width=\"295\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter what your religious background, you are invited to explore your faith and beliefs at Augsburg, where spiritual inquiry is very much a part of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>As a university\u00a0of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America<\/a>, Augsburg is shaped by Christian values. Augsburg is a Lutheran university\u00a0with students who come from many different faith traditions. An attitude of openness and acceptance is promoted throughout the university.<\/p>\n<p>The student-led Campus Ministry Leadership Team sponsors retreats, community projects, outreach to youth groups, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and a congregational youth basketball tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The optional 20-minute daily chapel service is a time for ecumenical reflection and exchange of ideas for all in the Augsburg community. An informal communion service is held each Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s always someone to turn to for spiritual guidance during tough times. Augsburg&#8217;s skilled pastoral ministry staff are available to Augsburg&#8217;s students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what your religious background, you are invited to explore your faith and beliefs at Augsburg, where spiritual inquiry is very much a part of everyday life. As a university\u00a0of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Augsburg is shaped by Christian values. Augsburg is a Lutheran university\u00a0with students who come from many different faith &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7520","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7520"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52491,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7520\/revisions\/52491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}