The best part of the library’s culture is our thoroughly user-centered approach. Everything we do, both the visible and the behind-the-scenes, is carefully designed to improve our quality of service and provide our researchers with seamless access to theological resources. Here are two projects the staff are working on this summer with the goal of […]
As of April, Bishop Payne Library’s Rare Book Room is the home of a remarkable special collection of approximately 5,500 rare books known as the Early English Theology collection. These are being preserved, curated, and made available for scholarly use at BPL on behalf of The General Theological Seminary. The books span the years of […]
Juneteenth was first celebrated as a national holiday in 2021, and I quickly realized that I had been saved from my annual July 4 discomfort. I don’t recall at what age I started squirming at the very thought of all the Independence Day hoopla. I do know that I was not quite a teenager when […]
eBooks present the library with costs and benefits. The cost for eBooks can vary greatly. An individual can purchase an Amazon Kindle version of Joshua by Daniel L. Hawks from the Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry series for $28.49. The cost to the library for a single user license – which is […]
Starting on Monday, students in their final summer residency present their project thesis proposals for approval by VTS faculty. For their theses, students envision and carry out an act of ministry in their context that seeks to transform that place, to make it holier. They then put the results of that action research in conversation […]
Next week we will welcome around forty students for the three-week doctoral residency that combines intensive coursework, worship, and fellowship. About thirty more doctoral students have already completed their summer residencies and are writing their doctoral theses at home. Special congratulations to the seven doctoral students who completed their degrees and graduated last month! Our […]
This week as we welcome doctoral students, there are so many people and programs that make the doctoral residency possible. Faculty teach and mentor students, including full-time faculty and our dedicated doctoral Senior Lecturers. Many offices across VTS contribute to the residency as well. AASL, IA, and the Dean’s Office have all been involved in […]
During the doctoral summer intensive which starts next week, we will have worship Monday through Friday at noon in the Immanuel Chapel. An opening Eucharist begins our time together on June 17 and a closing Eucharist completes the summer residency on July 5. Other days we share noonday prayer between class and lunch. Given the […]
One week from today, we welcome to our campus VTS doctoral students for their annual summer residency. People often ask what makes VTS doctoral programs distinct, especially compared with other Doctor of Ministry (DMin) and Doctor of Educational Ministry (DEdMin) programs. In addition to our curriculum which focuses around four tracks—Ministry Development, Educational Leadership, Christianity Spirituality, […]
If you have heard me speak at an event in the last year or so, this next phrase will sound familiar: “Ours is a God of abundance. And God is providing us with everything we need to do the work we are called to do in the world right now. And if we don’t recognize […]