News & Publications

Fine Preaching

03/28/2025

Our students have the opportunity to preach in class, our own chapel and at their Contextual Ministry sites. But rarely…

Tips from a priest who knows how to grow a congregation

03/27/2025

I love the Deanery Evenings. I get to chat with some of our students. And tonight’s Deanery Evening is very…

Thank you David Gortner

03/26/2025

The Rev. David Gortner, PhD. is stepping down from his role as Program Principal for Thriving in Ministry and will…

Quiet Day

03/25/2025

Finding space for sustained prayer is really difficult. Most of us just give God a few minutes and often when…

Kate Sonderegger on the end of the traditional journal

03/24/2025

I arrived in the office on Thursday already running late for my next meeting. I had 110 emails waiting. But…

Spring Visit Day

03/21/2025

A long time ago…in a galaxy far, far away…YOU were a prospective student at Virginia Theological Seminary. Do you remember those…

Shout out from David Buresh

03/20/2025

As promised, I am continuing to receive ‘shout outs’ from any employee. It is lovely when a staff member wants…

A book for our moment

03/19/2025

Very many congratulation to the Rev. Dr. Altagracia Pérez-Bullard, whose book Equipping the Saints to Serve the City: Multicultural Education for…

The last quarter

03/18/2025

We settled into Chapel to listen to a fine sermon from Jackson Davey yesterday morning. The fourth quarter had started.

Accreditation Visit

03/17/2025

The headline might give some people in the VTS community some concern. But just to reassure you, I am not…

Looking ahead to March 31 at 4.30pm

03/14/2025

There is something a little odd about having a portrait unveiled three years away from retirement. I confess I was…

Roundtable in Houston

03/13/2025

Spring Break is a good moment to make a fundraising trip. The result is that Institutional Advancement is organizing a…