The Historic Bicentenary booklet has run into a problem. The printer is waiting on a supply of paper, and as a result, publication is delayed. However, when it becomes available, you will be able to learn about all the exciting ways we are “marking the moment” of our Historic Bicentenary. Part of “marking the moment” […]
The past is a complex place. Access to the past is hard. Clues are in documents – the minutes, a letter, a sermon – but one is never entirely sure. Yet understanding the past is essential to understanding the present. The past needs to be preserved so that we can understand the present. Chris Pote […]
Yesterday lunch time as the rain descended on the campus, I had the opportunity to say hello to Rachel Holm — our Registrar from 2017 to 2021. We joked about her departure last October and then, hey presto, she is back on the campus in March. She is assisting in vitally important ways towards the […]
Last Friday afternoon I was pleased to join Dr. Katherine Grieb in greeting the Rev. Herman Browne, Ph.D., welcoming him to campus for a well-deserved 3-week sabbatical hosted by the Center for Anglican Communion Studies. Dr. Browne is from the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia and currently serves as vicar of St. Timothy Episcopal Church in […]
Of the many Board actions that took place in February, I am delighted to share the news that the Rev. Rachelle Sam has been elected to the faculty to serve as our associate dean for strategic implementation and priorities. Rachelle is the first appointment to the faculty out of the school chaplaincy world. She has […]
As Vice President Jacqui Ballou returns from her sabbatical, one of the first tasks that she has set herself is to progress the budget for 2022-23. The system is simple: we receive from the February Board Meeting the expected budget parameters. We then send out a draft budget to each department and invite them to […]
VTS has a long and deep commitment to the ministry of Christian formation and discipleship. As such, it is only appropriate that Forma, the Network for Christian Formation for the Episcopal Church and beyond, should become a part of our ecology in a formal sense. As Elisabeth Kimball, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Lifelong Learning, said […]
On Tuesday, the COVID-19 Response group gathered to discuss the latest CDC guidance. It is clear that increasingly the direction of the CDC and governors around the country is to instruct communities to start finding ways of living with COVID, rather than imagining that there will come a time when it completely goes away. The […]
Dr. Tanner was extraordinary last night. She took us into the mind of Origen. We were invited to think about his theological method. From his theological assumptions to his theological speculation, it was a journey through justice, love, and theodicy. It was extraordinary. The joy of the Costan Lectures is that it is an opportunity […]
It was last fall that middler Kimberly Dunn came to tell me about a Mental Health First Aid training that she had recently participated in. Mental Health First Aid teaches people how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse. The training gives participants the skills to reach out and […]