This past fall I was privileged to take my first sabbatical at Virginia Theological Seminary. It was a time of deep reflection and rest. I am grateful to have had time to spend with family and friends. Like everyone else in the world, I found those opportunities had been greatly impacted during the height of […]
The Covid-19 pandemic expanded the role of technology at Virginia Theological Seminary as our staff, faculty, and students began to rely on virtual platforms heavily. Many improvements have been made to adapt to the growing number of online activities over the past two years. Network coverage and bandwidth have been extended, Zoom and Teams usage […]
Do you find yourself frantically searching for credit card receipts when the time comes to reconcile your monthly credit card transactions? Well, you are not alone. I, like many cardholders, spend more time than I would like trying to find receipts that I have placed in various folders, drawers, and other locations. One solution that […]
Saying goodbye to a teammate is never easy. Especially to one that has been such an essential part of your department and the Seminary as a whole. Cassandra Gravina was only in the finance office for two years, but she made a tremendous impact. She came to the department in the role of budget analyst […]
Summers are a busy time in any academic library. It is a time for refining and implementing new technologies to improve access to our many resources. This summer is no different. EBSCO’s Stacks will become the library’s new home page. The new site will allow the library to more effectively organize its resources and grow […]
Today’s reality. Weapons-of-war-wielding-white-shooters massacre routinely, their guns and ammo so powerful as to destroy their victims beyond recognition. And as if rehearsing the Prayer Book Baptismal command to respect the dignity of every human being, cops take the shooters alive and as in one case, to buy food and feed them. And recently, as has […]
Among my family records is the last will and testament of my ancestor, Caleb Golden (1790-1855) from Breman, Georgia. Amongst the bequests were the names of seventeen enslaved people: Doll, Lucy, Jack, Harry, Hannah, George, Joe, Cate, Wagoner, Lucy, Jacob, Lankistor, Jeni, Nancy, Jane, Nan, and Poss. The inhumanity of chattel slavery documented – not even […]
Rare books connect us to the past. Rare books tell stories about the people who owned them, their thoughts, and the institutions they served. The various editions of the Book of Common Prayer from the Church of England and the Episcopal Church reveal much about the evolution of those organizations. The Charles Winfred Douglas collection […]
Living into our newly renovated Bishop Payne Library offers fresh opportunities for exciting programming. The Library Commons space, with its comfortable chairs, couches, and tables is the perfect spot to host library programs. This past academic year, I organized a monthly series of “Scholar Spotlights.” In these events, I interviewed a faculty member who had […]
Our most precious resource is our employees. The most precious gift that God gives us all is the gift of time. How we use this one precious life is the key question for all of us. Therefore, we work at the Seminary to think about the needs of the Seminary and the gifts of our […]