Feature Category
VDS Feature: Jailbird
Jan. 8, 2014—Although I am a published songwriter and music publisher with an SESAC affiliation, eventually the business of music on “Music Row” offered more than I could endure. While I realize that my journey to Vanderbilt from 16th to 21st Avenue is one measured in a lifetime rather than any perceptions or illusions of success or...
VDS Feature: Jana Hall
Jan. 1, 2014—“I believe in God Who made everything in heaven and on earth Including me. Full Deaf and made In the image of God…” –Hannah Lewis[1] The World Health Organization reports nearly 360 million Deaf people worldwide. Although awareness and inclusion of Deaf and hard of hearing people has slowly increased in the past few years,...
VDS Feature: Laughing at God’s Delights
Dec. 18, 2013—Anthony Fatta, MDiv’12 Associate Pastor Los Gatos UMC Some say that laughter is the best medicine. I believe them. If you would have told me when I began my studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2009 that I would be living in the Bay Area of California as a clergy person in the United Methodist...
VDS Feature: Field Education Supervisors
Dec. 11, 2013—Field education supervisors hear it all! As they mentor and guide divinity students in their field education contexts, they hear about the doubts as well as the accomplishments, the fears that sit alongside the confidence, the worries that keep folks up at night. Every week, supervisors take an hour out of their own busy, professional...
VDS Feature: The Jezreel Experience
Nov. 13, 2013—by Rhonda Siggers, MDiv2 When I was a child, my grandmother traveled the world. I remember vividly two trips she took. The first was her trip to Hawaii from which my gift was a hula skirt that I attempted to wear to school as clothing. The second was her trip to the Holy Lands which included...
VDS Feature: National Coming Out Week
Nov. 6, 2013— National Coming Out Week is full of celebrations around National Coming Out Day, October 11. This tradition began with the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on October 11, 1987. Organizers of the event and LGBTQI activists decided to designate October 11 as a day to celebrate coming out and to commemorate...
Feature: 2013 Cole Lectures Reflection
Oct. 30, 2013— The 2013 Cole Lectures were delivered on October 3-4 by renowned scholar Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy and Politics in the Book of Revelation. In her first lecture titled “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation,” Pagels addressed the imagery, music, and questions about the author of Revelation before she...
Feature: Marriah Vinson MDiv3
Oct. 23, 2013—In 2009, Vanderbilt Divinity School received a commitment of $5,000 per year for five years to provide opportunities for students to engage in learning and experiences to enhance global understanding. Small focused awards are made on an annual basis to students who, through proposals submitted to the Academic Programs Committee, outline a course of study,...
Feature: Brian Anthony Cash, MDiv
Oct. 16, 2013—On Saturday, September 21, 2013, the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies held the first social justice forum of the 2013-2014 academic year. The Divinity School was honored by the presence of visiting scholar Obery Hendricks, author of The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They...
Feature: VDS Student, Darriah Hudson
Oct. 9, 2013—This weeks feature is an article by Darria Hudson, 3rd year MDiv The School of Authentic Journalism began in 2003 as the brainchild of Al Giordano, founder of NarcoNews. Giordano started NarcoNews in 2000 to report on the drug war to the English speaking world, to connect the United States and other parts of the...