I do hope everyone is enjoying the glow of a fabulous set of events last week. The Board meetings went well. The attendance was high; and the spirit among Board members was positive. The food and meals by Meriwether Godsey were excellent. And the rain cleared up in time for the Service of the Mission […]
I marvel at teachers. My person debt is considerable. I can remember my teachers from my various stages of education and I am grateful. As a teacher myself, I enjoy the privilege of having the space and opportunity to participate in the holy work of shaping a mind. And every day, I am grateful for […]
This is 2023. VTS has been going for two hundred years. It probably is not literally true that we have had two hundred commencements. Presumably students took some years to earn the first degree. But this commencement is highly symbolic. We have had many years as an institution in taking human lives and forming those […]
As I watched Archbishop Hosam Naoum present the consecrated oil to the Archbishop of Canterbury I marveled. Here was a VTS alum (twice over – he has a MA and a DMin from VTS) carrying the Bible at the coronation of King Charles III and then participating in the sacred rite of anointing a monarch […]
Today the Board of Trustees gather on the campus. We have a plenary that starts at 1.30pm. Then we have the VTS Board of Trustees, which will be followed by the Board Dinner in the evening. Then tomorrow at 9.30am, we have the GTS Board of Trustees. It is a complex season. The business of […]
So papers are submitted. Senior grades are in. Juniors and Middlers are planning to head out. The Seniors are focused on commencement and moving. It is a significant season. Some concern continues to bubble around the system because it is not clear where the graduate will land. So, it is an unsettling season – one […]
Last night the Refectory was humming. We had enjoyed the Commissioning of Spouses and Families service (one of my favorite occasions in the year); and then we moved to the Refectory. There must have been a thousand conversations happening as I walked in and joined the back of the line. Everyone was talking about everything […]
It is always a joy to gather in the spring to hear a brief summary of the major works that some of our Masters-level students have engaged over the academic year. The other night we gathered and heard/This evening at 7:00 pm we will gather in Addison 201 to hear about five rich and wide-ranging […]
It is that season again. Students are frantically finishing papers and getting them in. This, Â in itself, is stressful. Meanwhile the Faculty are then obligated to grade the papers and get the grades in. For our seniors, the time crunch is serious. Grades are necessary to complete the transcript. One cannot be voted to graduate […]
Please join me in congratulating the newly elected officers for the 2023–2024 academic year. Thank you to all who participated and to those who were elected to office. Rising Senior Class Senior President – Dana Jean Senior Vice President – Durango Jenkins Senior Secretary – Charlotte Meyer Senior Treasurer – Saleem Kasabreh Rising Middler Class […]