Yesterday, I decided as part of Palm Sunday discipline to read a chapter from a t&tclark book called Psalms: My Psalm, My Context, edited by Athalya Brenner-Idan and Gale A. Yee. I went to the chapter by Melody Knowles on “Psalm 132: Livegiving conversations with a Psalm”. It was a beautiful, intimate, and powerful piece of […]
It is a delight to welcome prospective students to the campus this morning. A decision to visit a seminary is the first crucial step in the journey of discernment. It is a major decision. Families will move. People will leave their jobs. The implications of this moment are often difficult and complicated. For our guests, […]
Virginia Theological Seminary is blessed with many donors. Donors come from all sorts of places. Their shared love is the Seminary. It won’t surprise anyone that a donor can support Virginia Theological Seminary from a variety of different political and ethical perspectives. Their politics can be different; they can be “low” or “high”; they might support […]
On Sunday I had the privilege of preaching and teaching at the Adult Education hour at Calvary Episcopal Church, in Summit New Jersey. This meant I spent the weekend and the start of this week at The General Theological Seminary in New York. Now, I confess I tread carefully in disclosing my trips to New […]
On Friday, we will welcome some important guests to the campus. This is our Spring Visit Day. I will have the joy of preaching at the 8.15am opening Eucharist. Back in the last century, hybrid or distance education was a very solitary and, often, frustrating affair. Perhaps it involved listening to cassette tapes or watching […]
Since hearing the news about the retirement of our distinguished Head Librarian – Dr. Mitzi Budde, we have been hard at work thinking through our options. Dr. Budde has built a premier library, offering a high quality library service to all. We will need someone exceptional to follow her tenure. Today I am delighted to […]
It was the dress rehearsal of American Patriots last night, and it was amazing. The whole concept is extraordinary: taking regular people expressing their views and putting these views into music sounds impossible, but it works brilliantly. Over the course of 90 minutes, different voices were put into close proximity. So, at one moment I […]
Yesterday I sat with a new book – Engaging Latino/a/x Theologies: A Conversation by my esteemed colleague and friend Dr. Sharon E. Heaney. It is an important book. It is a book committed to conversation. Latino/a/x theologies are explored through six principles – teología en conjunto, mestizaje, lo cotidiano, interpreting Scripture latinamente, la lucha, and la justicia. Central […]
This is the season when there are many doctoral students who are being examined so that they can graduate in May. And normally, given there are so many, their remarkable achievement is not recognized in a commentary. However, today, I am going to make an exception and lift up the achievement of the Rev. Lorenzo […]
The Campus is a little quieter this week. This is the pause in the semester – it is Spring Break. Many students are seizing the opportunity to travel and visit with family, friends, and reconnect with their diocese. It is healthy to enjoy a pause in our patterns of work. It is not good to […]