Tomorrow is a strange day. It comes as a surprise. We are finally hitting a certain rhythm with classes and then suddenly, we find the rhythm broken by the Quiet Day. The idea is simple: students will keep silence from Morning Prayer to the Eucharist. Ideally, we will find some space to think, walk, pray, […]
This summer I had the privilege of attending the 15th Lambeth Conference, the (usually) decennial gathering of Anglican bishops from provinces around the Communion, held in Canterbury in the United Kingdom. It was lovely to see old friends and alumni attending the conference as bishops and primates, to make new connections, and to learn what […]
One is never sure how much interest a play to capture the complexity of our past is going to generate. So, it is satisfying to learn that interest is high. Board members, friends of the Seminary, the Mayor of Alexandria – are all coming. It helps that Ryan Rilette of the Round House Theatre is our […]
The Commentary is a valuable vehicle that keeps everyone informed about the activities and issues that make our Seminary life so rich. Since the start of the semester, there have been plenty of requests for a slot. So, this is my first opportunity to pause and thank all those who wrote the commentary over the […]
Yesterday we celebrated the launch of the Center for Anglican Communion Studies’ 25th anniversary year, and tomorrow evening we observe the first event of the CACS fall season. CACS is partnering this year with the Rumi Forum to host monthly sessions of Scriptural Reasoning, a practice of interfaith scriptural study done by Muslims, Jews, and […]
As we navigate the complexities of the affiliation between Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and General Theological Seminary (GTS), communications have become key. We need to invest in our messaging. In addition, both VTS and GTS have unfilled vacancies in their respective departments of communications. Even before the affiliation with GTS became a certainty, communications was […]
When the Rev. Dr. Barney Hawkins and I started planning the Historic Bicentenary Pilgrimage in England, we had no idea that the first evening – the evening when the group gathers in the Hotel called the Rubens by the Palace – that her Majesty the Queen would pass into glory. But so events unfolded. It […]
In the coming weeks and months, hundreds of lower-income families in the City of Alexandria are facing imminent eviction from their homes. At the height of the COVID pandemic, when many people could not work, lower-income families relied on rental assistance from the State to help pay their rent. However, the State rental assistance program […]
Did you know that we have resources for pastoral care and counseling at VTS? This resource offers support and guidance to the VTS Community – yes, that means you- by offering opportunities to work with a spiritual director. Spiritual direction differs from standard therapy because your personalized sessions are oriented with the focus of discerning […]
Today is the start of a new semester. We will gather in Chapel for the start of the Semester service. Fall semester classes are beginning. There is a freshness to a new start which is exciting. It is like the new page of a journal. It is fresh, clean, and ready to be filled with […]