VDS Voices

The Academy of Young Preachers is a trans-denominational organization that seeks to identify, support, and inspire young preachers and their calls to preaching.  Founded by Dwight Moody in 2010, the academy holds nationwide conferences when young preachers are invited to preach sermons on the theme of conference. This year,… Read More

Happy Friday! We reached 1000 likes on Facebook this week! Thank you to all who follow us and read about our daily life here at VDS. And thank you for all the wonderful comments you share with us. Read More

The journey to divinity school has been a long, winding road spanning nearly twenty years. I first felt the call to ministry in 1995 through a class meditation in a required course on religion. Through a series of choices and by learning to hear the Divine voice… Read More

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