VDS Friday Photo 11.29.13
Nov. 29, 2013—VDS faculty and staff enjoy the opportunity to connect with students during coffee hour.
VDS Friday Photo 11.22.13
Nov. 22, 2013—This weeks photo was submitted by Priscila Dorcas Mojica, MDiv. Thank you for sharing.
VDS Feature: Sarah Porter
Nov. 20, 2013—Looking back on my time here, standing a few weeks from my graduation, I hold a couple things in mind: First, the academy is a disciplinary regime. Second, this time was a grace to my life. My first point: Getting a master’s degree is hard. Graduate and professional schools are made to mold students into...
VDS Events: UMSA Monthly Luncheons
Nov. 17, 2013—By Lora Andrews, MDiv3 The United Methodist Student Association (UMSA) provides opportunities for spiritual formation at VDS as well as for interaction with the wider United Methodist connection. One way we live out this mission is through our monthly luncheons. On the third Wednesday of each month, the UMSA gathers at noon in the reading...
VDS Friday Photo 11.15.13
Nov. 15, 2013—Thank you Nicole M. Malveaux, MTS2, for this weeks VDS Friday Photo. Amy Grant joins Dave Perkins, Associate Director of Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture, and the VDS Songwriting from a Theological Perspective class on October 22, 2013.
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 Events: Visit Days
Nov. 10, 2013—by Katherine Smith Director of Admissions It’s the time of year again for official Visit Days at most theological schools. All over the country, schools such as Vanderbilt Divinity School are making cases for why studying in their institutions is worth considering. This is one of my favorite times of the year because I get to...
VDS Friday Photo: 11.8.13
Nov. 8, 2013—Six students from Vanderbilt’s Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion participated this past summer in an archaeological excavation at Jezreel, Israel. The site famously connected in the Bible with the evil king Ahab and his scheming wife Jezebel, Jezreel has for years lain unattended by archaeologists despite its political and economic role in biblical...
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...
VDS Events: Community Worship
Nov. 3, 2013—by Amy Elizabeth Steele, MDiv’00, PhD’12 Assistant Dean for Student Life Vanderbilt University Divinity School What is Community Worship? Stained glass windows, American flags, and funeral home fans—these are not the accoutrements of All Faith Chapel. Some have referred to the room as a stripped-down space, an almost perfect square devoid of symbol, inviting pilgrims...