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Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience training
Feb. 17, 2016—“This is my symbol of trauma.” I snapped open the blue container containing the mouth guard that my dentist had crafted specifically for my nighttime teeth grinding. After a few explanatory sentences I placed my container on the table and passed the talking stick to the friend on my right side. This exercise, sharing our...
Alumni at the World Series
Nov. 2, 2014—by Sean Everton, MDiv’90, and Julian Wright, MDiv’92 We, Sean Everton, MDiv’90, and Julian Wright, MDiv’92, did not take the most conventional routes to Vanderbilt Divinity School. Everton played minor league baseball and worked as a CPA before enrolling at Vanderbilt. Wright came to VDS through the joint Law and Divinity program. Since rooming together in...
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...