I do admire the Presiding Bishop in so many ways. And part of the Most Rev. Michael Curry’s witness in this season of hospitalization is to be completely transparent about his medical condition. We have all known the details: we have all be able to pray deeply and intentionally for his recovery. I am not […]
Today is a delayed opening. We have snow. We seek to make safety a priority. Normally, we strive to keep classes open: after all, we are a residential community, where professors and students are living on the campus. Please will those commuter students who cannot get to the campus ask a friend to record the […]
Monday is the annual observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The message of justice and non-violence seems especially poignant as we watch death, war, and injustice shape our country and the world. For the King Center, the strategic theme for 2024 is “Shifting the Cultural Climate through the Study and Practice of Kingian […]
This has been an eventful week. I spent most of the week in Austin, Texas. We had two days exploring the challenges of theological education in the Episcopal Church. It is a complicated picture. We have eight or so Episcopal seminaries; there are probably forty or so non-Episcopal universities or seminaries training future priests in […]
I am looking forward to returning to Alexandria. We are delighted that the VTS campus is hosting the GTS students this January. This is one of the joys of the affiliation. There are resources available to enhance the student experience. It is lovely to have the students from the GTS hybrid degree enjoying the campus. […]
I am not sure if anyone knows. But the next time you are walking past the new Welcome Center, do please look up. The Board of Trustees did not let us “value engineer” out the solar panels. So, there they are. The first building on the campus to lock in the power of the sun […]
It is a joy to be here in Austin Texas. Once a year all the Deans of the Episcopal seminaries gather. It is an opportunity to reflect on the state of theological education, to share trends in our respective institutions, and to enjoy some fellowship together. This year, the agenda is supplemented by the presence […]
Our fundamentalist friends have shown us the way. If you want to impact culture, then you release a movie. Back in 2014, God’s Not Dead was made: a $2 million budget and it grossed over $62 million. A key theme was the academy is anti-God; Christians have a hard time at university. It was a […]
Today I am pleased to celebrate another book published out of VTS Press. The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson Jr., was asked to deliver the 177th Commencement Address at Nashotah House. When he sent me a copy of the text, I was impressed. Here is the Rector of the largest Episcopal Church in the United […]
A key part of our Historic Bicentenary preparations was the commissioning of a play called Dust by the international award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Non Vaughan-O’Hagan. It was performed to full houses over the course of a week in October 2022. Telling a story about the past that includes both sin and grace, flaws and faithfulness is hard. […]