We have more than 2000 people who have signed up for the Holy Week text experience. There are many ways to mark Holy Week – perhaps fasting, perhaps the daily Eucharist, and perhaps receiving a text that is describing where Jesus now is in the journey of the week. The idea is simple: we are […]
Last week, I did address the perception raised at Dean’s Table about the size of the Faculty. In terms of salary lines, I explained that actually the Faculty is slightly larger. Yet the perception continues. So I thought one further commentary might assist the conversation. What is true is that the shape of the Faculty […]
Our friend, Wendy, gave Lesley and me some beverage napkins. It had the simple message: “I’m in a really good place right now. Not emotionally or spiritually. Just on my couch with my dog.” One delightful tendency of Maddie – our Labradoodle – is that she insists on being stroked while you sit on the […]
I am so grateful to Dr. Lerone A. Martin, the director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute and the Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. He delivered an extraordinary and important lecture. We opened this event up to our friends at The General Theological Seminary. This is one of […]
Listening and learning from the past is a moral obligation. The present will only be different if we confront the past. The future will only change if we are aware in the present of precisely what has happened in the past. This is true at the level of families; this is true at the level […]
Sadly, I had a family gathering booked in for the weekend. So, I missed the Variety Show. But I have heard some really good reports. Once again, talent was showcased. We have people who can play, sing, and make others laugh. I am delighted that the Student Government organized the event. One of my Lent […]
Dean’s Table was lively last week. And as always there were some important and thoughtful questions and issues raised. One of them was the size of the Faculty: surely, the perception goes the Faculty is getting smaller? If you ask Senior Vice President Ballou, then she will tell you that actually there is a slight […]
I have had the joy of serving educational institutions for over thirty years. And I have learned to attend to the biorhythms of the academic year. Now I am using the word “biorhythms” as an analogy; it isn’t the same as the cycle of sleeping and waking, but I do think it captures a truth […]
Welcome to General Theological Seminary. You press the button and the front desk buzzes you in. This is an important ministry. You meet for the first time a person from GTS. The days needing coverage are long days. So today we celebrate the work and ministry of Ms. Crystal Diaz. Crystal Diaz (front desk coordinator) […]
Yesterday I spent an hour and a half in spiritual direction. I take the time out to share in complete confidence my deepest thoughts, anxieties, hopes, and aspirations. Everything is placed in the context of the divine work that God is seeking to do in my life – “Finish, then, thy new creation” is my […]