Today, the GTS Faculty will meet. On Sunday night, the VTS Faculty will start their two day retreat. It will be an important opportunity to reflect on the work that Faculty are called to do. How do we create programs that enable the Church to get stronger and more connected? In terms of governance, the […]
It is lovely to welcome to the VTS campus two guests from GTS. We have Ms. Trecia O’Sullivan, who is the director of Human Resources, and Ms. Jamie Tan, who is the Assistant Dean, Academic Administration and Registrar, staying at VTS. We are grateful as they make the journey down from New York to Alexandria, […]
Institutions are precious for many reasons: and one of them is that they create space for scholars to explore questions that are often technical yet crucial to our understanding of the past. Today, I want to celebrate the publication by Dr. Douglas C. Mohrmann at GTS of Deuteronomion: The Text of Codex Alexandrinus. Codex Alexandrinus, […]
The partnership with FORMA is exciting. Here at VTS, we are delighted that there will be an opportunity for specialists in Christian Education to reflect, talk, learn, and think a little about their vitally important work. We welcome FORMA to VTS. And I am hopeful that some of our GTS community will be participating in […]
On Monday, people around the nation will pause to commemorate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In these times when voting rights in communities of color face renewed threats, it should be remembered that Dr. King fought for a dream in which all people would be equal under the law and […]
We are in a season where we need to manage the extraordinary and important world of communications without the aid of Mr. Curtis Prather and without the arrival of Vice President Nicky Burridge. Naturally in this season, communications is vitally important. We need to let the world know about the exciting plans for the Hybrid […]
As I learn about General Theological Seminary, there are many parts. So, yesterday, Senior Vice Presidents Melody Knowles and Michael DeLashmutt visited the Sterling Memorial Library to view the Hoffman collection of clay tablets from the Assyrian empire that are currently on loan from General Theological Seminary. We were shown around by Dr. Agnete W. […]
On Tuesday, January 17th, nearly three hundred Christian formation professionals from across the country will be on campus participating in the first day of the annual Forma Conference. Forma, which began as the National Association for Episcopal Christian Education Directors, is a Network for Christian Formation for the Episcopal Church and beyond. In 2022, Forma became a ministry […]
I am going to try to write a commentary for this year that can apply to both institutions that are part of this affiliation. Virginia Theological Seminary and General Theological Seminary are in an affiliation. So, each day, I will attempt to post the same message on both websites. How exactly I structure this combined […]
This is the commentary made up of two confessions. First, I confess that I am not a fan of the General Ordination Examinations. The ordeal of sitting for six papers over the course of three days cannot be a condition for effective congregational leadership and a good vehicle for judging healthy formation. My preference would […]