Lina
The Forum, News & Archive of North Park Theological Seminary
Why Lina?
We walk by Lina’s bronze figure each day when entering Nyvall Hall at North Park Theological Seminary.
Her head is titled in thought, she claps a hymnbook carrying the poetry of her heart, and her hands hold the tension of prayer and action
Lina represents both our heritage and our prayer for the future—a generation of pastors, scholars, and mission friends who are faithfully formed in head, heart, and hands.
As theological education continues to evolve, more of our students, alumni, and church leadership engage our faculty from their local places of ministry, both near and far. Our online homage to Lina provides a new way to stroll past her likeness, as we prepare to love and serve God and our neighbor.
Subscribe
Lina publishes resources for the church from North Park Theological Seminary.
Subscribe for our regular updates and new content.
"*" indicates required fields
About Lina Sandell
A bronze statue honoring Lina Sandell sits at the entrance to North Park Theological Seminary. Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg (1832–1903)—Lina was a writer, editor, and poet whose hymns became the soundtrack of the nineteenth-century Swedish revival—and remain beloved across the Evangelical Covenant Church today.
Born in southern Sweden and raised in a pastor’s home, Sandell faced illness and personal tragedy—channeling her resilient faith into a prolific career with the Mission Friends in Sweden. Over a life of service, she authored more than 650 hymns and devotional texts, including Children of the Heavenly Father and Day by Day.
The spirit of Lina Sandell’s legacy continues in Lina—the published forum, news, and archive of North Park Theological Seminary—celebrating thoughtful faith, theological imagination, and the calling of ministry in a changing world.
What is Lina?
Lina is section of our website dedicated to publishing resources and articles from North Park Theological Seminary.
Who is Lina for?
Our focus is providing theologically-informed content to edify the church. We especially invite pastors, spiritual directors, and those interested in our faculty voices on issues both contemporary and ancient.
As the denominational seminary of the Evangelical Covenant Church, we hope to continue our tradition of contribution to the theology and practice of the church.
What content can we find on Lina?
The seminary has a rich heritage of quietly publishing academic and pastoral works that explore explore topics from academic biblical studies to application of pietism to contemporary issues.
Lina continues our existing publication channels in this simple web-based format the allows easier discovery of the richness of the past and gives our faculty, alumni, and friends a new forum to engage each other and the church.
Currently, we will publish archive selections from:
The Covenant Quarterly
Republished articles from Covenant Companion
Proceedings from Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Articles both new and old are tagged by subject matter, for easier discovery.
Does Lina replace existing journals or publications?
No, Lina exists to amplify the impact of our longtime publications such as the Covenant Quarterly and others, while providing up-to-date web-formatted space for writing from our faculty.
Is there a print edition of Lina?
No, Lina is our online forum to publish articles by our faculty and friends and republish works and resources from our archive. All content is digital. There are no editions or issues.
Can I search old articles?
Currently, Lina hosts only a small selection of archive articles. In time, we hope to make available a greater portion of our North Park Theological Seminary archive.
Working Together With
Evangelical Covenant Church
The Covenant Companion
The Covenant Quarterly
Ex Auditu
Wipf and Stock Publishers