VDS Voices

Thank you to all who participated in our First Annual Instagram Holiday Campaign. We had over 200 photos submitted using #VDSholidays. Enjoy a selection of these fun photos (and thanks to Julia Nusbaum for putting this together!)… Read More

Although I am a published songwriter and music publisher with an SESAC affiliation, eventually the business of music on “Music Row” offered more than I could endure. While I realize that my journey to Vanderbilt from 16th to 21st Avenue is one measured in a lifetime rather than any perceptions… Read More

“I believe in God Who made everything in heaven and on earth Including me. Full Deaf and made In the image of God…” –Hannah Lewis[1] The World Health Organization reports nearly 360… Read More

VDS Staff members (L to R): Amy Steele, Marie McEntire and Angela Dillon (photo by M. Bukowski) School is over! Making joyful merriment With one another. Haiku by Viki Matson Director of Field Education… Read More

Anthony Fatta, MDiv’12 Associate Pastor Los Gatos UMC Some say that laughter is the best medicine. I believe them.   Los Gatos United Methodist Church If you would have told me when I began my studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School in 2009 that I would… Read More

Rev Joe Ingle and CTP Exec Dir, Graham Reside are joined by VDS students The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership hosted a conversation between Reverand Joe Ingle and  VDS students, faculty and staff on December 5, 2013. Reverend Joe Ingle, has spent the last 30 years… Read More

Field education supervisors hear it all! As they mentor and guide divinity students in their field education contexts, they hear about the doubts as well as the accomplishments, the fears that sit alongside the confidence, the worries that keep folks up at night. Every week, supervisors take an hour out… Read More

Dean Emilie Townes and Joshua DuBois 12.4.13   Joshua DuBois, Former White House Director of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, spoke at the Vanderbilt Divinity School on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Addressing an audience of students, faculty and staff, and Nashville community members, Mr. DuBois read excerpts from his book… Read More

Each year the United States wastes over ninety-six billion pounds of food. Putting such a huge number in perspective requires an image, some reference to a concrete reality our minds can grasp. Here are a couple of my own attempts: ninety-six billion pounds is enough food to fill LP… Read More

VDS faculty and staff enjoy the opportunity to connect with students during coffee hour. L to R: V Matson, M Bukowski, S Brown, A Dillon and K Smith… Read More