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Jon Micheels Leiseth

Jon Micheels Leiseth

Minister for Faith and Spirituality in Action; Deacon of the ELCA

Concordia College

Jon Micheels Leiseth serves as Minister for Faith and Spirituality in Action at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. A deacon of the ELCA, Leiseth previously lived in South Africa with his wife, Rev. Tessa Moon Leiseth, and their kids, Isaac and Sophia, where they served as Country Coordinator and Associate for the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission program in Southern Africa.

Published Articles

Article

It's Time to Rewrite the Rules of Civility

Jon Micheels Leiseth

No. 48 · Fall 2018

Leiseth contends that the prevailing rules of civility too often function as the majority’s rules, stifling those facing real harm — and proposes that NECU institutions rewrite civility as “neighboring,” guided by the ELCA’s five values of accompaniment: mutuality, inclusivity, empowerment, sustainability, and vulnerability.
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Lutheran Higher Education in the Land of Anxiety

Jon Micheels Leiseth

No. 47 · Spring 2018

Leiseth, returning to Concordia from work with the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission in Southern Africa, draws on Bessel van der Kolk and Babette Rothschild to argue that pervasive student anxiety functions as low-grade trauma that hijacks the storytelling at the heart of vocational discernment — and explores embodied, breath-based practices that might help students reclaim their stories.

Jon Micheels Leiseth

Published Articles

It's Time to Rewrite the Rules of Civility

Lutheran Higher Education in the Land of Anxiety