Forde Lives

So Nestingen’s retired. Yeah, for real! Jim Nestingen retired. Believe me, we here at Forde Lives are trying our darndest to get some more details about what in the sam hill is going on and we’ll get the straight dope by hook or by crook. Meanwhile, here’s a note from Luther Seminary President Rick Bliese:

On January 31, 2006, Dr. James Arne Nestingen announced his intention to retire as of January 31, 2006. Professor Nestingen offered his retirement as part of an effort to resolve some claimed interpersonal difficulties within the faculty. Luther Seminary has asked Professor Nestingen to continue to teach on a limited basis and direct graduate students as Professor Emeritus of Church History and he has agreed. Both Luther Seminary and Professor Nestingen are pleased to have arrived at a solution that enables the Seminary to take advantage of his skills as a theologian and gifts as a teacher.

In accepting Professor Nestingen’s decision to retire, while asking him to continue teaching, Luther Seminary emphasized that Professor Nestingen’s retirement is not due to any allegations of heresy or misconduct, sexual or otherwise. In addition, the Seminary did not ask Professor to retire or resign.

Rick Bliese
President
Luther Seminary

Jim Nestingen
Professor Emeritus of Church History
Luther Seminary

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May I just say, I have never once doubted Jim about anything. So what is UP with putting “there’s no allegations” language in that note?!

I choose to believe that Nestingen is retiring because he’s going all Obi Wan on us, so he’s headed for a “Tatooine of the mind” to study the work of our own late lamented Qui-Gon Jinn.

I don’t like where this metaphor is going because there’s sure do be a Darth somebody if I keep pushing it and we don’t want that.