VDS Voices

When I first decided that I would like to contribute to the Divinity School’s blog, I immediately gravitated toward retelling my VDS journey, while also fighting the academic urge to explicate my identifiers: Hyper-Calvinist and Mystic-Heretic. Now, however, I feel moved to… Read More

Thank you to all who shared their Spring Break with our community using Instagram. We had over 60 photos submitted using #VDSspringbreak. Enjoy a selection of these fun photos.  … Read More

by Shelby Lucas, MDiv3 My personal journey through theological education is not unlike that of many of my colleagues. After earning my baccalaureate in 2009, I took a few years off from higher education to discern where I wanted to be vocationally. I moved to Nashville. I taught… Read More

Read This Book is a new, monthly book review/recommendation by members of the Vanderbilt Divinity School faculty. New reviews will be posted on the second Sunday of each month. Our first selection is by John McClure, Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching… Read More

The VDS Office of Womyn’s Concerns hosted a dialogue with feminists/Womanists/&Mujeristas about #selfies and how important it is for people of color to see themselves refelcted in selfies througout the internet. Further, it is an intentional movement that embraces the “radical politics” of the selfie to dare ourselves to love… Read More

Religion and spirituality always have been central aspects of my person. I grew up in a conservative Christian environment. I loved it. It was one of the greatest driving forces in shaping the person I was. I was especially passionate about Christian Scripture. This love led me to want… Read More

Bishop Joe Pennel opened the Community Breakfast with a prayer on Tuesday, February 11, 2014.  Professor Bruce Morrill presented “Evangelization and Social Justice: Fundamentals of Pope Francis’s Mission.” Joe Pennel and Bruce Morrill                           Visions:… Read More

A collaborative mural by VDS students These days, I leave too many Divinity School discussions in exasperation. My blood pressure can’t take it. Just the other day, a dispute about climate change nearly lost me a friendship. I should eat more spinach, or perhaps dark… Read More

The 26th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change took Houston, Texas by storm on January 29 through February 2, 2014. Nearly 4,000 people from all over the country attended the five-day program that featured over 390 workshops, training sessions, meetings and events. Plus there were four unbelieveably… Read More

After graduating from VDS in 2011, I pursued a ministry in clinical chaplaincy, or what has also started to be known as spiritual counseling. I’m writing to those of you considering the field and even to those of you who aren’t. I am incredibly happy with the work that… Read More