Today VTS is hosting its first-ever virtual Fall Visit Day for prospective master’s-level students! The event will provide an opportunity for applicants to hear directly from faculty and current students about what makes VTS unique and what they can expect from their Seminary experience here. We will be recording each portion of the event so […]
There are many ways one can live out of the vocation as a priest and graduate of VTS. Today, I want to highlight the ministry of our alum and Board member, the Rev. Kimberly Jackson. Rev. Kimberly Jackson, Class of 2010, is a person of firsts. She was the first person of color to be […]
Today we have the Business meeting of the Board of Trustees. Like so many Boards, we will gather on Zoom. It is not the same as proximity and presence. I know that Board members will miss the opportunity to talk to our seminarians over breakfast; they enjoy coming to Chapel. This all must wait. The […]
Back in 2016, the Board of Trustees decided that they, as a Board, should commit to multicultural training. This work has continued and will continue today. This afternoon they will gather on Zoom at 2:30 p.m. to reflect on the book I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness and a presentation […]
Tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. I will be hosting a conversation with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry about his new book, Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times. Joining me to interview Bishop Curry will be the award-winning journalist Ray Suarez. It is an honor that Virginia Theological Seminary is one of the […]
Systematic Theology: Volume 2, The Doctrine of the Holy Trinity: Processions and Persons by Katherine Sonderegger is now available for purchase on Amazon. The cover image is a beautiful woodcut print by Margaret Adams Parker. The 580 pages make a substantial book. This is an extraordinary project in size and scope. Everyone who reads Dr. […]
The Fall 2020 issue of the Virginia Theological Seminary magazine is now available. Please do take the time to read the rich compilation of interviews, research, and essays. This is an issue that is worth keeping. The spotlight on Father Vincent Harris ’79 is powerful. The Seminary’s reparations research team shares an update on finding […]
I am writing this commentary at 6 p.m. on Election Day. Naturally, the results at this time are unknown. All the indicators are that the results might not be confirmed for several days. So we are in a waiting time. Waiting is a Christian virtue. As Advent looms, we are reminded of the obligation to […]
Today is Election Day. I, along with many other members of the Seminary community, have already exercised my democratic right by voting early. Some 92 million million people have already voted. Just to place this statistic in context, in Texas in 2016, less than 9 million votes were cast; already in early voting in 2020, […]
Last week, senior staff gathered to revise our COVID-19 rules. The basics are still there: wash hands, wear masks, and physically distance. Outside is still safer than inside (masks should be worn anytime one comes within six feet of another person). Students may create “bubbles” for socialization — small groups that share similar practices. Some […]