As associate dean of students, I witness first-hand the dedication of staff members in Academic Affairs and Student Life. Those I work most closely with include Derek Greten-Harrison, who coordinates all aspects of admissions and student housing; Rachel Holm, our Registrar, to whom I turned for answers to countless questions this past year; and Elly […]
I have always been fascinated with intentional communities. Earlier in my life, I lived at the Iona Community in Scotland and the Taizé community in France and sojourned in other communities in India, the Netherlands, Italy, and the U.K. Communities fascinate me because they offer the possibility that humans can model a way of life […]
Beginnings are sacred times. We stand on the threshold of the new, and cannot see or predict what lies ahead. If we can stay open amidst the uncertainty, these liminal times can be times when we feel powerfully the presence of God who says, “I am doing a new thing.” It is important to be […]
This coming week, we will have the privilege of welcoming to VTS an extraordinary incoming class of 47 new full-time students, hailing from 24 dioceses across the USA and three countries (Israel, Kenya, and Taiwan). After months of discerning, applying, waiting, reading, packing, and moving, these 31 Master in Divinity, six Master of Arts, four […]
The work of the Center for Anglican Communion Studies is enriched by the participation and leadership of scholars and practitioners from VTS and around the globe. To be fully aligned with the mission of VTS, and to be responsive to the needs of the church, it is vital that VTS faculty and others help shape […]
As I look back at my time at VTS, I feel grateful for my experience as a seminarian. Now, as an alum, I am grateful to be on the AAEC. It has been quite a journey from postulant to alum. After being made a postulant, I was concerned about finding a seminary that would accept […]