Taking the Long View

Along with Halloween and Thanksgiving, October and November usher in the season of parent-teacher conferences. This week, in fact, I will babysit my sister’s youngest child so that she and her... Read More »

A Dean’s Commentary

Editor’s note: The comments below were originally posted on September 16, 2010 as “The Dean’s Commentary,” a daily reflection by the Very Reverend Ian Markham, dean and... Read More »

Tell the Story and Break the Bread

The “busy-ness” of the year always ratchets up too quickly. It seems that just yesterday we were sharing summer stories and wondering aloud about the year ahead. By the end of September,... Read More »

The Top Ten

Thanks to information supplied from PayScale.com, we have the dubious news of the top-ten worst paying college degrees. They are, in descending order: 10. Drama 9. Fine arts 8. Hospitality and... Read More »

Feeding the Soul

Earlier this summer I found myself engaged in an online discussion about the future of teaching, the question posed as follows: will those schools that do not adapt to the new reality of the internet... Read More »

The Saints of God

What do Anne Hutchinson, Thurgood Marshall, and John Muir all have in common? They are all honored in Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints. This new volume includes all the saints previously... Read More »

Spirituality as a Public Good

For the past few weeks I have been privileged to be teaching in the Doctor of Ministry Program in Educational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary. As is always the case with teaching, the... Read More »