Welcome from Lee Catoe, MDiv’2

Each year, VDS invites returning students to offer words of advice to the incoming class. We hope these stories and lived wisdom will help you navigate your own path at Vanderbilt! To my siblings, It is with great joy that I welcome you all to this prophetic community that is Vanderbilt Divinity School. I often…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on August 24, 2016 in Feature, Church, community, ministry, religion, theological education

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Giving Tuesday – Cameron Barr, MDiv’12

Our monthly Alumni/ae Tuesday Guest Post has expanded! We’re proud to present #VDSGiving. We have invited VDS and GDR alumni/ae to write about what their Divinity School education meant to them, and to also write about the impact of the scholarship assistance they received. Our goal is to demonstrate how scholarship support has a lasting impact on…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on March 15, 2016 in Alumni/ae Tuesday, Giving Tuesday, #VDSGiving, Alumni/ae Tuesday, community, faith, friendship, James Hudnut-Beumler, Lent, ministry, seminary, Vanderbilt Divinity School

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Alumni/ae Tuesday: Rev. Susan Steinberg

Our monthly Alumni/ae Tuesday Guest Post series on the VDS Voices blog highlights posts written by VDS and GDR alumni/ae. Hear firsthand about their important work in the community, collaborations with other alumni/ae and faculty, and much more. Be sure to also check out the Divinity School Instagram feed every Tuesday for our Alumni/ae Instagram Takeover Day….

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on February 9, 2016 in Alumni/ae Tuesday, Alumni/ae Tuesday, Clergy Renewal Program, climate change, Lilly Endowment, ministry, Nikki Finney, pastor, theologians, Thomas Berry

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On Care for Our Common Home

On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Pope Francis released Laudato Si’, in English Praise Be to You: On Care for Our Common Home. This encyclical is the first to address the sweeping consequences of anthropogenic climate change, and it presents Pope Francis’ pastoral commitment to the integral flourishing of all life. Throughout this writing, Francis draws…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on January 20, 2016 in Events, Feature, Barbara Muraca, Bruce Morrill, Catholic, Christianity, climate change, David Wood, faith, John Compton, Laudato Si, ministry, On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis, Praise Be to You, Vanderbilt Divinity School

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My First Year Experience – Joy Bronson

My experience of my first semester at Vanderbilt University Divinity School has been one of inverted expectation, though (now) beautifully so. I came here as a second-career student, determined to be the scholar that I hadn’t been eight years ago as an undergraduate; I know my purpose for being in school this time around. Unfortunately…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on December 16, 2015 in First Year Experience, Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, ministry, Nuns on the Bus, Phillis I. Sheppard, second-career student, United Methodist Church, Vanderbilt Divinity School

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100+ Days Of Thanksgiving

My first Thanksgiving in the United States of America coincided with my first 100 days at a time in this country. Perfected timing. I too joined the chorus of Americans in celebration of this day. What am I thankful for this year? November 26, 2015, as I sit around a table full of baked turkeys,…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on December 9, 2015 in Feature, Africa, Assistant Dean for Admissions, Côte d’Ivoire, Executive Director, Global Voices, international student, Ivory Coast, Katherine Smith, ministry, pastor, Thanksgiving, theological education, Tim Tanton, United Methodist Church, Vanderbilt Divinity School, vocation

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READ THIS BOOK – November

Each month, we ask a member of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty to recommend a book they are currently reading. Our November recommendation is offered by Mark Miller-McLemore, Dean of the Disciples Divinity House and Associate Professor of the Practice of Ministry. In some congregations, the Supreme Court’s decision on same sex marriage equality made…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on November 8, 2015 in Read This Book, Disciples Divinity House, leadership, Lyndon Johnson, Mark Miller-McLemore, Martin Luther King, ministry, Read This Book, reading, same sex marriage, Selma, Supreme Court, Vanderbilt Divinity School, VDS Faculty

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Alumni/ae Tuesday – Eric Smith, MTS ’02

Our monthly Alumni/ae Tuesday Guest Post series on the VDS Voices blog highlights posts written by VDS and GDR alumni/ae. Hear firsthand about their important work in the community, collaborations with other alumni/ae and faculty, and much more. Be sure to also check out the Divinity School Instagram feed every Tuesday for our Alumni/ae Instagram Takeover Day….

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on June 9, 2015 in Alumni/ae Tuesday, Alumni/ae Tuesday, Bible, Christianity, Church, Instagram, ministry, Pentecost, Rev. Eric Smith, seminary, Vanderbilt Divinity School

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VDS Friday Photo

Rev. Becca Stevens, MDiv’90 and 2014 Divinity School Distinguished Alumni/ae Award recipient, delivered her sermon titled “The Laborers are Few!” this past Wednesday during Community Worship. Pictured: Andrew Suitter, MDiv3, Rev. Stevens, and Dean Amy Steele

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on August 29, 2014 in Photo of the Week, Community Worship, Dean Amy Steele, ministry, religion, Vanderbilt Divinity School

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VDS Friday Photo 4.11.14

VDS Vision “We believe…these two words sum up the hope I find so alive here at Vanderbilt Divinity School.  We believe in the power of transformatory ministry and scholarship.  And because of this, we seek to provide a faithfilled environment for our students to learn and grow.  We invite you into this partnership of hope,…

Posted by Michelle Bukowski on April 11, 2014 in Photo of the Week, Dean Emilie Townes, hope, ministry, scholarship, spirituality, Vanderbilt Divinity School, VDS Vision, vocation

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