“You are to love and serve the people among whom you work, caring alike for young and old, strong and weak, rich and poor.” From The Examination, Ordination to the Priesthood, Book of Common Prayer 1979, p. 531 After 33 years of ordained life as a priest, and belonging to a lot of colleague groups, […]
This week members of the Alumni Association Executive Committee (AAEC) are our Commentary contributors. AAEC President Billy Alford ’92 begins the week with a message to the Class of 2022. Dear VTS Graduates of the Class of 2022, It has been my deepest honor to represent the VTS Alumni Association by serving as President of […]
It is with very great pleasure that I announce that the Board of Trustees voted at their May meeting to appoint Dr. Rode Molla as Assistant Professor, Berryman Family Chair in Children’s Spirituality and Nurture. Dr. Molla recently earned her Ph.D. at Iliff and the University of Denver, and in her dissertation developed a new […]
One of the delights at the end of the academic year is the designation of the Suzanne F. Thomas Award for Faculty Research. This award was established at Virginia Theological Seminary in 2005 in honor of Suzanne F. Thomas of Aylett, Virginia, and her strong commitment to excellence in education and the mission of the […]
Most academic years include reviews of faculty at various points in their career, and this year was no different. The faculty handbook specifies that Assistant Professors be reviewed after three years in the context of a contract renewal or promotion process. This is an excellent opportunity for colleagues who have worked hard to reflect on […]
Since 2017, VTS has offered concentrations in the M.Div. program, allowing students to shape their degree requirements around a particular focus that is guided and animated by particular questions. This year, the faculty reviewed and edited our current concentrations and added another. The concentration in New Mission Practices seeks to equip leaders with critical and […]
Last week the faculty spent an entire day together reviewing the last academic year, making final decisions about programming, and thinking about the future. One piece of information that we looked at was a listing of the Conant Grants that VTS faculty have received to support their work in the coming year. Established in 1953 […]
I am proud to announce the publication of our spring issue of Virginia Theological Seminary Magazine. This edition is dedicated to our students, with articles and photographs produced by members of our student body. There are several amazing, and seldom-told, stories on everything from The Butterfly House to SOCU, to the LGBTQ+ presence to working […]
One of the best decisions I have been part of here at VTS was the one five years ago to hire Elizabeth Panox-Leach to the role of Communications Associate (later Communications Manager). Smart, funny, and open to this interesting world here at VTS, Elizabeth quickly went to work identifying what we were doing, what we […]
A quiet campus is not to be dismissed or taken for granted. If you have been through this before, you know this quiet is deceptive. Different departments and offices are busier now than at any point in the year: Deep Calls to Deep and the doctoral residency programs are right around the corner; the Reparations […]