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 […]
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 […]