VDS Voices

Last Wednesday, we began to reflect back on the Fall 2013 semester here at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. As promised, we continue the trip down memory lane with highlights from this semester. Brian C, Shakiya C and Marcell S are ready to check people in for VDS Community Breakfast… Read More

Help us welcome The Rev. Lillian Hallstrand and the Rev. Niger Amin Woodruff to Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Office of Admissions, Vocation and Stewardship. Their new positions will provide increased guidance to current as well as prospective students. Read the full article from Vanderbilt News here. Read More

The 2013-2014 school year is almost at an end and in true Vanderbilt University Divinity School fashion we want to reflect back on what a great year it was. This week we share highlights from the Fall semester. Next week, we share memorable moments from Spring semester. 8-23-2013- Divinity… Read More

What is your vision for Vanderbilt Divinity School? What do you think a Vanderbilt theological education has to offer the world?  Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Ethics and Society, Melissa Snarr, recently shared her #VDSVision. “VDS vision is about enabling all of us to envision… Read More

This Holy Week I find myself remembering Eastertides past that I spent in pastoral service among the Yup’ik eskimo people on Alaska’s Bering Seacoast. Having been a Jesuit (lay) Volunteer fresh out of college (1981-82) in the village of Emmonak (mouth of the Yukon River, then population of 650), I… Read More

The April book has been recommended by Emilie M. Townes, Dean of the Divinity School E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the… Read More

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… Read More

Last month I had the opportunity to attend the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Black Ministers Retreat in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Black Ministers Retreat offers an opportunity for participants to engage in conversations on a wide range of topics ranging from community and social action to issues of… Read More

Have you joined us for Creative Practice Wednesday? Here’s a peak at what some of your fellow students, faculty and staff have created. Join us each Wednesday at noon in the Commons Room for creative play!… Read More

by Julia Nusbaum, MTS2 I have always found healing in words. While growing up and feeling sad or lonely, I would find a book and become absorbed in the words. Stories made me feel whole again— the words made worlds come alive inside of me. I… Read More