From time to time, one meets a person where one senses that you are in the presence of a remarkable talent. I fell in love with the art of the Terry Lynn when I first encountered his work in 2018. Great art can be endlessly revisited. New elements are spotted as one looks again at […]
On any given day, there is always something happening at Virginia Theological Seminary. Sometimes it is just friends gathering; it is often children playing together; and the dog park is a hive of constant activity. On Saturday, the campus provided the venue for countless guests at a wedding reception. Our faculty colleague and friend, Dr. […]
Sermons are recorded in Immanuel Chapel. Ms. Tamika Martin does an excellent job with this. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and guests. There are a lot of sermons that go up. If you go to the VTS Sermon Page (click here), then you can sign up and enjoy revisiting many of them, for example, the beautiful […]
After an amazing capital campaign, it is important to follow the campaign with a gratitude tour. There is a very practical reason why such a tour is needed: pledge redemption requires connection. It is easy for a five year pledge to become a problem after three years: so, we need to remind our friends that […]
Yesterday I shared the sad news that a key member of our community has died. Mrs. Su Yieh passed from this life to the next yesterday morning. We feel her absence. The world feels a little emptier today. She was a beautiful person. Please permit John and his family space to grieve their loss. Prayers […]
Three months of celebrating my sixtieth birthday came to an end with the Sir Elton John concert on Saturday night. As Lesley and I reflected on those three months we paused and said to each other “it was fun”. It is important to be self-consciously reflective about life. Wonderful evenings can too quickly be forgotten […]
One of the great joys of life at the Seminary is the near-constant presence of distinguished visitors from across the churches of the Anglican Communion. We have another opportunity to greet a special guest tomorrow, the Rev. Akua Ofori-Boateng, a priest in the Anglican Church of Ghana and the Director of Programmes in the Diocese […]
At the Staff Meeting yesterday, I found myself musing towards the end of the meeting on “the change of pace”. Two years in COVID changed the pace of life. There were days when there were few face-to-face meetings. There were fewer events. Less was happening. As you would expect this created a backlog. The moment […]
How do you ensure everyone knows what is happening? This is a challenge. The Daily Commentary is part of the solution; and perhaps we do need to create an email option for those who would prefer that. The Weekly Communique is good; this has events and openings and other news. However, the old fashioned “gather […]
Our commencement speaker for 2023 – our historic bicentenary – is the Very Rev. Kelly Delaine Brown Douglas, Ph.D. I am delighted that she was able to accept our invitation. She is extremely well known both in the academy and in the Church. In 2017, she was appointed the inaugural dean of Episcopal Divinity School […]