Ratherview Winter 2013

A publication of Seminary of the Southwest • Winter 2013

Celebrating Our Sixtieth with Bishop Katharine

R at h e r v i e w A publication of Seminary of the Southwest • Winter 2013

In this issue: Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

By Dean Douglas Travis Bishop Katharine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Founded for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

By Anthony D. Baker and Cynthia Briggs Kittredge Christian Ministry and Vocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

By Kathleen Russell The Campaign for Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

By Tara Elgin Holley Loise Henderson Wessendorff’s Legacy Lives On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Matriculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Faculty & Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Campus Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Very Reverend Douglas Travis Dean and President Nancy Springer-Baldwin, Editor Type and page composition: Vivify Creative Photography: Laura Callender, Bob Kinney, Kris Krieg, Nancy Springer-Baldwin and Brian Tarver.

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Vol. 34, No. 1, Winter 2013

Front and back cover photos: The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori spent two days on the campus to give the 60th Anniversary lecture in celebration of the seminary’s 60 years forming men and women for ministry in the Church and the larger society.

See story on page 3.

F o r e wo r d

by Dean Douglas Travis In their wonderful article describing

the structure and purpose of our curriculum, Academic Dean Cynthia Briggs Kittredge and Professor Tony Baker write that “the confident and hopeful spirit that was present at its founding still animates the com­munity of teaching and learn­ing at Seminary of the Southwest.” In this particular moment not all ecclesiastical institu­tions are blessed with such confidence and optimism!

But we are at least in part, I am convinced, because we have been true to the vision of our founder, John Hines, who imagined the seminary “as a place of theological training in which God’s engage­ment with the world in Christ Jesus would be boldly interpreted for potential priests in a fantastically changing era.” Hines could not know, 60 years ago, just how radically things were going to change!

In the academic year 2011-12, Seminary of the Southwest enjoyed its largest enrollment ever— 135 students. But only half of these students were pursuing ordination! This may be startling to some, but the traditional role of the parish priest has changed, expanded and contracted, and been redrawn in recent years. In my 20 years serving various parishes as a professional clergyperson, I was always conscious that I had been trained as a priest and a pastor, not as a counselor. Indeed, today clergy are required to refer individuals and couples needing counseling after no more than three visits!

Fortunately, God has never restricted the sharing of the grace of the Holy Spirit or the healing powers of Jesus Christ to the ministration of priests! Indeed, recall that there are four orders of ministry and that the Book of Common Prayer lists the first (and arguably the most important) as that of “lay ministry” (Book of Common Prayer, page 855). In her wonderful article describing the work of the Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation (CCMV) here at Southwest, Kathleen Russell, our professor of pastoral theology, under­scores that “[s]ince the 1990s the seminary has been committed to theological education for all orders of ministry.” Through the Center we now train Licensed Professional Counselors, chaplains,

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and lay leaders for spiritual formation—each utterly legitimate and much needed professions, all of which have grown out of the traditional role of the priest.

And what a month for the CCMV it has been! We are delighted to have just hired a new Director for the CCMV, the Rev. Dr. Dave Scheider. Dave is an Episcopal priest with 25 years experience as a chaplain in the United States Army. Additionally he has served as a parish pastor and hospital priest and is licensed as a marriage and family therapist and supervisor. In 2009, he completed the Doctor in Ministry in Christian Nurture at our sister institution, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. His project was a study of integrating theology and psychology in pastoral counseling. And, in addition to all of this, Dave has been a member of our adjunct faculty and is an alumnus of Southwest, having completed our master of arts in pastoral ministry program from which he received a certificate in special studies in spiritual formation. We could not ask for a more qualified director for the CCMV! God has indeed blessed us, and we’re delighted to welcome Dave to our community in a new role.

Finally, we have further great news to share! The Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation will soon become the Loise Henderson Wessendorff Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation in gratitude for a bequest of $2.5 million from the Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation. The Center’s mission perfectly reflects many of the concerns and commitments that Mrs. Henderson Wessendorff so eloquently expressed during her lifetime. Our gratitude is without measure.

Sixty years ago John Hines could never have con‑ ceived just how radically changed our “fantastically changing era” would prove to be. But I have every confidence that he would be very proud of just how nimble and responsive Seminary of the Southwest has proven to be in discerning how best to train ministers of all orders to serve in the name of Jesus Christ.

Bishop K athar ine Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s visit to our campus in November was the highlight of Southwest’s 60th Anniversary celebration. Over 300 people filled Knapp Auditorium to overflow capacity to hear her evening lecture.

Preaching to a full sanctuary in English and Spanish at the Holy Eucharist earlier that day with the beautiful and rousing accompaniment of Chavez Family & Friends, she also blessed an icon of Bishop John Hines given to the seminary by alumnus Dr. Jeffrey E. Rahn. Bishop Katharine’s lecture and interview by Professors Anthony Baker and Scott Bader-Saye can be viewed on http://vimeo.com/55621615.

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Founded for the Future

By Anthony D. Baker, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Professor of New Testament and Academic Dean John Hines’ vision for the church in the Southwest included the creation of a seminary for the whole church, a new kind of theological school that would “interpret Christian theology in terms of the modern world.” He imagined that it would function “as a place of theological training in which God’s engagement with the world in Christ Jesus would be boldly interpreted for potential priests in a fantastically changing era.”1 From the postwar years when student enrollment in seminaries boomed, through the struggles of the church over racism and Civil Rights, through to the turmoil of our own time, the changing era has changed more than once, and the fortunes of the church have shifted as well. But the confident and hopeful spirit that was present at its founding still animates the community of teaching and learning at Seminary of the Southwest. Faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ and the conviction of its power to address, learn from, critique, and transform culture, shape what and how we teach here.

The challenge to let the gospel speak in the midst of such times can seem an overwhelming task.

Where to begin?

Dan Aleshire, president of the Association of Theological Schools and unofficial dean of theological education in America, recently suggested to our faculty and administration that seminaries exist in order to answer a single question: “How are we going to allow the full voice of the Hebrew and Christian heritage to speak within the present moment?” Our faculty is constantly seeking to do just that—to bring the riches of the Christian tradition into conversation with the contemporary

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world most effectively and faithfully. In biblical studies, students learn how to preach and teach scripture in a culture imaginatively impoverished and hungry for nourishment from the Word.

They explore in systematic theology the narrative of identity, origins, and destiny more true than the competing stories of entertainment and advertising. They imagine and construct models for economy alternative to those that prevail. In a society of soundbites, virtual relationships, and multitasking, they practice the low-tech, realtime human gathering we call liturgy. In these and other ways, students learn here to read and proclaim the gospel in ways that address and critique contemporary culture.

At the same time, the gospel is not an essence that exists apart from these cultural moments, like a ghost that moves in and out of various bodies without any change to itself. Christ’s message of grace and forgiveness is universal, but only in the sense that it is a message roomy enough for all creation, not in the sense of an unchanging propositional truth claim. That means even as the church brings Christ’s challenge to the world, it must learn to hear and adapt to the world’s challenge to the church. Our faculty continues to study new scholarship from philosophy and the social sciences. We host an annual conference, co-sponsored with the University of Texas Religious Studies Department, in which graduate students and faculty from the various higher education institutions around central Texas gather to share their research on the various subdisciplines of the study of religion. We assign students readings from Milton and Dostoevsky, we show the films of Alfonso Arau. We explore ways that Facebook, Twitter, blogging, and pod­ casting might expand our conversations about theology, preaching, and the vocation of the priest.

In these ways and more, we are learning from and adapting to this particular cultural moment in which we seek to let the “full voice of Hebrew and Christian heritage” speak.

At the same time, the gospel is not an essence that exists apart from these cultural moments...

This question is amplified by the fact that the Episcopal Church is not as influential with the cities and towns of America as it once was, in the days when a place on the vestry of a certain church was the first step towards a golf date with the governor. Our students can no longer assume that they will have a captive audience when they begin to address the challenges of the age in parishes around the country. If the world is rapidly changing, and no longer listening to what Christian ministers have to say, how do we respond to the call to bring the gospel to bear on our times?

Our students can no longer assume that they will have a captive audience when they begin to address the challenges of the age in parishes around the country.

This cultural moment is not, of course, only about social media and new scholarship. Ours is also a moment of political partisanship, child poverty, the fears and realities of terrorist strikes, warfare, and the hopes and ills of an increasingly globalized consumerism. The challenge to let the gospel speak in the midst of such times can seem an overwhelming task. Where to begin?

One of our convictions at Southwest is that attention to the local can prepare us to face the challenges of the global.

Our Junior MDiv students “encounter” the world across the Rio Grande in their first January. As Middlers, they spend time in social work agencies or engaged in particular ministries in communities around the globe. As they enter into field parishes and build relationships with clergy and parishioners, they begin to think creatively about the “big” questions of inculturation in appropriately “little” ways. This woman needs health insurance, that man’s addictions are hurting his family, these refugees from the drug war need help communicating the local school district. The difficult paths through these demands are some of the ways in which we learn together to preach the gospel even as we slow down to “read” the culture and listen to its many voices.

Teaching and learning at Seminary of the Southwest is a vigorous and lively enterprise in which faculty and students interpret and proclaim God’s engagement with the world in Christ Jesus. We hope that as a community founded on the trust that “fantastic change” does not preclude faithfulness to this gospel, we may continue to embody Bishop Hines’ vision as a community of Christian scholarship and vocation prepared to listen to, challenge, and receive the challenges of this changing world.

Kenneth Kessulus, John E. Hines: Granite on Fire, The Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest (Austin, TX: 1995) 147, 171.

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Christian Ministry and Vocation

By Kathleen Russell, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology Frederick Buechner’s description of vocation as being that place where the needs of the world and the gladness of the heart meet reflects the vision and energy behind the programs that make up Seminary of the Southwest’s Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation (CCMV). Since the 1990s, the seminary has been committed to theological education for all orders of ministry, believing that the deep needs of the world call for imaginative, relevant and fruitful programs of study for people whose hearts and vocations seek expression in the helping professions and an informed life of faith.

The seminary has diversified its degree programs over the past decade to meet the needs of lay people whose faith informs their work. These

students, who come from a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds, seek an educational and formational environment that takes the life of the Spirit and one’s life of faith seriously while valuing

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the important contribution of the social sciences and the realities of contemporary society.

In 2003, the seminary added a masters in counsel­ing (MAC) for people who find their vocation in helping people through therapeutic means; in 2005, the seminary began a masters in chaplaincy and pastoral care (MCPC) for people called to work as chaplains in a professional capacity; and in 2009, it admitted the first class of the masters in spiritual formation, an innovative program that combined the academic study of spirituality with personal formative practices in the spiritual disci­plines. Taken together, these programs now constitute the Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation.

Part-time students benefit from the evening and weekend classes by enabling them to pursue their studies and their vocations while maintaining their livelihood. All of the courses in CCMV are taught by a combi­nation of the regular seminary faculty, who bring foundational knowledge and expertise in core theological disciplines, and mem-­ bers of an adjunct faculty who bring diversity of perspective and experience as well as expertise in the particular areas of study called for by each degree’s focus. These teaching practitioners are therapists, chaplains in hospitals and institutions, Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) supervisors, researchers and academics.

Each degree aims at preparing and forming students in particular ways for particular ministries and kinds of work. Counseling students train to become licensed professional counselors while students seeking a degree in chaplaincy and pastoral care pre-­ pare to enter the world of professional chaplaincy.

After graduation, counseling students take the Texas State Licensing Examination for Professional Counselors. The seminary is proud of the high success rate our students have at passing the exam and exceeding the average score. Chaplaincy students go on to do residencies in clinical pastoral education, moving toward Board Certification by the Association of Professional Chaplains.

David Scheider heads CCMV The curricula for the MAC and MCPC degrees share a core of five courses in academic disciplines essential to ministry: two courses in Scripture, two in the historical and theo­ logical foundations for ministry and one in ethics and moral theology. The curriculum for each degree program then moves into areas of specialization for the different vocations of counselor and chaplain. Thus students in each program take a different set of required courses. Although the courses are different, they do share a common commitment to help­ ing students achieve three important educational goals: • developing conceptual and theoretical knowledge central to each field; • achieving competence in practices of the discipline; and • integrating their knowledge and skill with an evolving and sustainable sense of professional, vocational and personal identity.

In addition to the core and required courses, students in each program take a number of electives, which give them the opportunity to deepen and broaden their knowledge and skill set.

The curriculum for the degree in spiritual formation weaves together the study of key figures, movements and develop­ ments of Christian spirituality with the development of the student’s own spiritual life through participation in classical and contemporary forms of spiritual practice, such as spiritual direction, contemplative prayer, acts of service and justice or living a lifestyle of simplicity.

Students engaged in the CCMV degree programs are seeking more than the degree itself; they are living out their unique vocations, but within the shared vocation of all Christian disciples, to grow in the knowledge and love of God and to serve God and neighbor in ways that contribute to our communities and our life of faith. As one student has said: “Life as a seminarian is growing together and striving for holiness in community, learning from our texts, teachers, and fellow seminarians. We are touched with grace by what we read, hear, and witness in the lives of others walking this journey with us.”

Dean and President Douglas Travis has announced the appointment of Chaplain (LTC) David M. Scheider to lead the Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation (CCMV) beginning January 1, 2013, at Seminary of the Southwest.

“We’re delighted that Dave has accepted the call to be the next Director of the Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation,” says Dean Travis. “He has a proven track record as an accomplished administrator and he’s experienced in absolutely each and every area for which the CCMV trains people. In addition, Dave is already a popular adjunct professor (he’s currently teaching a course on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome). We’re delighted to welcome him as a member of our administration and faculty.”

CCMV students are enrolled in one of the seminary’s three master’s degrees, which aim to prepare and form students for work in the helping professions and an informed life of faith: counseling, chaplaincy and pas­ toral care, and spiritual formation.

Scheider, an Episcopal priest, has 25 years experience as a chaplain in the United States army. He is a licensed mar­ riage and family therapist and a Fellow and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a Diplomate in the American Associ­ ation of Pastoral Counselors, and a Diplomate for the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy.

Scheider directed the Family Life Chaplain Training Center on Fort Hood, Texas, where he developed a program to train military chaplains as counselors.

In 2009, Scheider completed a DMin in Christian Nurture from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Before entering the Army, Scheider was a hospital chaplain and a parish pastor. He is also a graduate of Seminary of the Southwest’s Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry program where he completed a certificate in special studies in spiritual formation.

Open House for anyone interested in knowing more about the MA in Counseling or the MA in Chaplaincy & Pastoral Care

Saturday, March 23, 2013 • 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Register online at http://www.ssw.edu/visit or contact admissions@ssw.edu

The Campaign for Leadership

By Tara Elgin Holley, Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Beginning in 2009, Southwest embarked on an endowment campaign to fully fund faculty chairs, increase scholarship funds and grow the annual fund. The Campaign for Leadership at Seminary of the Southwest has received significant gifts and commitments, and we are closing in on 80% of $15.9 million goal.

and Vocation (CCMV) in honor of Loise Henderson Wessendorff, a visionary woman committed to the intersection of faith, spiritual well-being and psy­chology. This spring we will commemorate Loise and her extraordinary gift when we formally announce and celebrate The Loise Henderson Wessendorff Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation.

Having met the campaign goals for both new scholarship monies and major growth in the annual fund, we are steadfastly focused on advancing each of our endowment funds for core curricula chairs to $2.5 million. Fully endowed chairs, our first priority for The Campaign for Leadership, ensure that we continue our tradition of teaching excellence for generations to come. Building on this strong foundation, we plan to completely fund all faculty positions.

Endowed chairs provide incentives to attract, distin­guish, and retain talented teachers and scholars.

The seminary continues to seek gifts to ensure our future for the following faculty chairs: The Duncalf-Villavaso Endowed Chair in Church History, honoring Frederic and Alma Rather Duncalf and Ernest and Ethel Rather Villavaso; The J. Milton Richardson Chair in Anglican Studies; The Clinton S. Quin Chair in Systematic Theology; The Bishop John Elbridge Hines Chair in Preaching; The Helen and Ernest H. Jones Chair in Ethics and Moral Theology; and The Peter Coffield Memorial Chair in Pastoral Theology. Two chairs, central to the curriculum remain underfunded and unnamed: the chair in New Testament and the chair in Old Testament held by the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge and Dr. Steve Bishop, respectively. These chairs may be named through a gift or pledge payable over five years.

With Bishop Claude Payne and Mrs. Barbara Payne as our beloved campaign chairs, and a diligent group of nearly 40 volunteers serving as committee members, we have made dramatic progress. Supporters have come forward to advance our mission. Church leaders, congregations and individuals have hosted forums, events and receptions that allow us to tell the story of the seminary, celebrate our successes and share our vision for the future. Significant gifts of nearly $12.5 million have come from the seminary’s generous board of trustees and from new friends recently introduced to Southwest as well as from the descendants of our own founding Rather-Duncalf-Villavaso family.

It is a joy to announce that the seminary has received a transformational gift of $2.5 million from the Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation. The gift will fully endow and name our Center for Christian Ministry

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By fully funding the faculty, Southwest will be able to sustain the level of personal interaction and commitment that makes the Seminary’s educational experiences so crucial to our students’ success and to the churches and communities they will serve.

While it would be enough that they are gifted teachers, our faculty also are authors, advisors, mentors, and keepers of the Christian faith and its core values. They inspire and encourage students to seek the best in themselves and in others. By investing in faculty endowments, we can ensure that Southwest’s exceptional faculty, and the sem­ inary itself are secure for the long term future of our beloved institution.

Loise Henderson Wessendorff’s Legacy Lives On Loise Henderson Wessendorff grew up in Houston, the only child of a privileged family. Born in 1922 to Loise and Robert Henderson, she was educated at Hockaday School in Dallas and at The University of Texas. St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Houston was her first church home, but after marrying Joe Clyde Wessendorff in 1947, they became active mem­ bers of Calvary Episcopal Church, Richmond, Texas.

Her father’s death when she was in her mid-40s was a deeply felt loss, and Loise struggled with her grief until someone gave her a book by Leslie Weatherhead called The Transforming Friendship. The Rev. Seth Deleery, ’74, good friend and preacher at Mrs. Wessendorff’s funeral said, “With the enthu­ siasm of an evangelist, she told me how this book had made her look at a relationship with Jesus as she never had before. Not as a teacher, not as prophet, not even as savior—but as friend; someone with whom she could talk, with whom she could visit and with whom she could laugh and cry.”

Loise’s mission thereafter was to help lay people know Jesus and to expose lay people to theology and mental health as important companion disci­ plines for wholistic health.

Well Spring Retreat Center in the Texas Hill Country was her gift to groups seeking a beautiful place for retreat and deeper theological reflection. The Charles Umlauf statue of Jesus with open hands is a powerful image that she commissioned for the site.

Deleery quoted Mrs. Wessendorff, “...in the quiet isolation of the Hill Country, a place away from the city noise, one can be still and realize the Jesus of history is the Jesus of now, a friend who wants to meet us.”

Photo by Gittings Photography

Theology and mental health came together at the Institute of Religion in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, for which Mrs. Wessendorff was a pioneer and supporter. Renowned theologians and mental health experts came together for conversations at the annual conferences, which she made possible.

“The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation’s remarkable gift to support Seminary of the Southwest’s Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation completes her picture with Well Spring. It fits with her mission,” says the Rev. Seth Deleery.

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S e m i n a ry

Recipients of grants from the Seminary Consultation on Mission are (L-R) Christian and Jodi Baron (Diocese of Western Michigan), Eric Holloway (Diocese of Texas), Mary Balfour Van Zandt (Diocese of Alabama) and Rod Clark (Diocese of West Texas). Not pictured is Kellaura Johnson (Diocese of Texas).

SCOM Six Southwest students in the class of 2014 are recipients of grants from the Seminary Consultation on Mission. The purpose of the Consultation’s fund is to “develop and deepen a global perspective in seminary life and curricula and thereby help renew and extend effective commitment to mission, both foreign and domestic, throughout the Church.”

Mary Balfour Van Zandt and Kellaura Johnson traveled to Haiti in January. “Our project is to communicate the stories of the Episcopal Church in Haiti in a manner that magnifies the mission of the Church there and inspires people to view the Church in a new light.” Van Zandt and Johnson utilized social media to keep in touch with classmates and friends while they were in Haiti. This project is also supported by a grant from Evangelical Education Society.

Christian and Jodi Baron, along with Eric Holloway, will be traveling to the Diocese of the Dominican Republic in June.

“We hope to be spending a large amount of time observing how the church in the Dominican Republic functions and

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how the culture informs the ecclesiology and the polity. We are interested in how the church identifies and equips leaders (both lay and ordained) and how that is similar to and differ-­ ent from our own context.... The diocese there is witnessing amazing growth...we want to learn how they are doing ministry in such a way that folks are lining up outside the doors when the priest makes his rounds,” says Jodi.

Rod Clark will be traveling throughout Peru this summer in order to study the missional relationships formed by outreach ministries in the Anglican Diocese of Peru. “I chose Peru because it met all of the criteria that I set forth before choosing a destination: a Spanish-speaking country, a culture that is rich with indigenous expressions, a country I had never visited, and a country with an Anglican Diocese that is active in outreach ministry,” said Rod. “Though other countries in South America fit this bill, I settled on Peru because of the rich history of Incan and Christian culture, as well as the diversity of its geography.

Because the land is such an essential component of culture, I thought Peru would be interesting because of its diversity both culturally and environmentally.”

Preaching Excellence Update The last issue of Ratherview noted that 10 Southwest stu­dents accompanied the Rev. Micah Jackson to the Preaching Excellence Program in May. The Episcopal Preaching Foundation hosts the event and has pub­lished 21 collections of excellent sermons from the program. The latest volume includes a sermon preached by Professor Jackson who serves as faculty for the program and board member of the Foundation. Of the fourteen student sermons chosen for their excellence, two are Southwest students, Donna Gerold, ’13, from the Diocese of Alabama and Christine Mendoza, ’13, from the Diocese of Texas.

Approximately 61 students from across the country participated in the 2012 event.

Grants result in book of meditations Southwest seniors Susanna Brosseau and Seth Olson have written a book of meditations including study questions following their internship last summer in Kenya with Comfort the Children. The book, One in the Spirit: Travel Tales that Brought Us Home, is available on Amazon.

The two received grants from Seminary Consultation on Mission (SCOM) and from Evangelical Education Society (EES) for their trip to Kenya.

ETEEM Begins This Autumn Seminary of the Southwest announces the launch of Episcopal Theological Education for Emerging Ministries (ETEEM) slated to begin October 17-19, 2013. ETEEM is a joint certificate program conducted in Spanish by Southwest and the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest.

Designed to satisfy theological education requirements for ordination, the certificate program brings students to the campus in Austin, Texas, four times per year for three years in intensive three-day sessions.

Southwest will admit Episcopal students to ETEEM, will coordinate the internship of those students, and will offer the Anglican studies and polity course for the curriculum.

The Lutheran Seminary Program, having offered alternative theological education for 10 years, provides the coursework for the program taught by PhD faculty.

“Theological education for Spanish speaking leaders in our Church will be enriched by Seminary of the Southwest’s partnership with the Lutheran Seminary Program. I’m confident that this will meet the needs of people who have not found traditional seminary degree programs accessible because of language barriers or educational background or time commitment,” says the Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén, Missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries for the Episcopal Church. “I am pleased that the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministry will be working with SSW and I highly recommend ETEEM.” Applicants must have the permission and letter of support from their bishop to apply to ETEEM. The Rev. Paul Barton, PhD, is director of ETEEM and professor of the history of American Christianity and missiology and director of Hispanic church studies at Seminary of the Southwest.

Admission information is available by contacting admissions@ssw.edu.

Do you know someone exploring ordination to the priesthood?

Schedule a visit to Southwest at admissions@ssw.edu

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John Hines Day

Celebrating Bishop John E. Hines’ Birthday John E. Hines (1910-1997), former dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Houston; diocesan bishop and builder of congre­gations; founder of Seminary of the Southwest; and 22nd presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was remembered and celebrated at the seminary on October 4 by members of the Hines family, alumni and friends, seminary trustees and the campus community.

Special guests at this year’s celebration were the Rev. Lane Denson and his wife Caroline Stark from Nashville, Tennessee. Lane was the last surviving member of the first graduating class at the seminary. Lane shared a copy of a note penned to him by Bishop Hines when Lane was a seminarian in the early ’50s. “Dear Lane—I was proud of our Seminary and of you when you stood last night as President of the Student Body. God bless you and yours.

Faithfully, John E. Hines.”

The Rev. Kathryn Ryan, preacher for Hines Day Eucharist wears the stole worn many times by Bishop Hines.

Bishop Dena Harrison presided at the Eucharist.

The full transcript of Kai’s sermon can be found at: http://www.ssw.edu/resources/sermons

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The Rev. Kathryn “Kai” Ryan, alumna ’92 and trustee, preached at the Holy Eucharist. She recalled for the congre­ gation Bishop Hines’ commitment: Hines grounded his life—and called the Church he led—to an unwavering devotion to Jesus Christ. His demand for social justice was not for some universal notion of social justice, equally obvious to all people of all faiths. No. Hines’ standards were the ideals and demands he discovered in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

He called the Church to deny herself, take up her cross, and follow Jesus. Jesus’ life, Jesus’ teachings, Jesus’ sacrifice—Jesus’ compassion toward the hungry, the poor, the excluded, the oppressed—Jesus’ willing embrace of the cross—these defined the broad scope of Bishop Hines’ understanding of the word justice.

Bishop Dena Harrison, alumna ’87 and chair of the board of trustees, was the celebrant and commissioned new trustees.

Newly commissioned members of the Board of Trustees are (clockwise from top left) John E. Culmer, Kingwood, Texas; Thomas C. Knudson, Houston, Texas; and The Rev. Barkley Thompson, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, Texas.

A lu mni Convocation and Blandy Lect u r es

Alex Montes-Vela (@alexmontesvela), founding vicar of St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, Manor, Texas, and Kelly Koonce (@kelly_koonce), of The Front Porch, Austin shared a panel discussion with Judith Liro and Miles Brandon on Church Planting for the 2012 Alumni Convocation.

Carol Howard Merritt (@CarolHoward), pastor at Western Presbyterian Church and co-host of God Complex Radio, gave the 2012 Blandy Lectures. Ms. Merritt leads conferences internationally on cultural shifts and religion.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Bishop Dena Harrison granted honorary doctorates to Bishops David Bailey and James Magness at the Alumni Convocation Evensong.

Their citations can be read at ssw.edu/david-earle-bailey and ssw.edu/james-jay-beattie-magness.

Bishop Andy Doyle (@TexasBishop) and Jennielle Strother (@EMjennielle) shared a panel discussion with Anthony Baker (@theologystudio) and Mike Russell (@FrMike) on Utilizing Social Media.

2013 Lectures April 8

May 14

September 17-18

Dr. Richard Horsley, author and distinguished professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston

Preacher will be the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina

The Rev. Thomas Brackett, Officer for Church Planting and Ministry Redevelopment, Episcopal Church Center

Harvey Lecture

Commencement

Blandy Lecture

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Facult y & S taff Faculty News Dr. Scott Bader-Saye published an article, “Disinterested Money: Islamic Banking, Montes Pietatis, and the Possibility of Moral Finance,” in the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 32:2 (Fall/Winter 2012). In September, he preached at St. Mark’s, San Antonio, and presented a forum on “Stewardship, Generosity, and Fear.” In October, he taught two classes at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas on the topics “Economy, Ecology, and Sustainability” and “Investing for a Good Economy.” Also in October, he delivered the Grace Lectures at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Austin on the topic “Church and Politics in an Election Year.” In November, he presented a paper, “Islamic Finance and Civil Economy: Toward an Interfaith Interruption of Global Capitalism,” at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Chicago. At the November Gathering of Leaders meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, he presented a theological reflection on “Hope-full, Fear-less Leadership.”

He wrote up a portion of that presentation, “Gathering of Leaders as an Antidote to Fear,” for publication in the GOL December newsletter. In January, Scott served on a panel addressing the topic “Teaching Anglican Ethics” at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Dr. Anthony Baker was named Asso­ ciate Editor of the Anglican Theological Review. His article, “Our Grass-Stained Wings: An Essay on Poetry and Theology,” appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of that journal. His article, “Convenient Redemption: A Partic­ ipatory Account of the Atonement” had been accepted for an upcoming issue of Modern Theology.

In November in Chicago, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, he responded to a panel discussion of his 2011 book, Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology. At the same meeting, he hosted a reception for the Theology Studio, a web-based theological forum he co-founded with the support of a grant from the Evangelical Education Society of the Episcopal Church. In the summer of 2012, he received a grant from the Conant Foundation to begin research on his next project, a theological reading of Shakespeare. Editor’s note: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Religion and Ethics has hailed Dr. Baker’s Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology (London: SCM Press, 2011) one of the best books of 2012.

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Rev. Paul Barton is participating in the development of a San Antonio organization called the Intercultural Mission Institute, aimed at being a resource for intercultural ministries.

He chaired the joint session of the Wesleyan Studies group and the Evangelical Studies group at American Association of Religion in November; reviewed a book manuscript for publication on the history of Latino Mennonites; attended the biennial assembly of AETH in Denver in August; spon­ sored and attended the Hispanic Episcopal Clergy and Spouses Conference at Camp Allen in August; attended the annual retreat of the Rio Grande Conference clergy in August; and gave a presentation on Liberation Theology at the Crossing Borders: Liberation from Oppression confer­ ence sponsored jointly by Seminary of the Southwest, APTS, and LSPS in November.

Yvonne Beever attended the Ex Libris Users of North America Annual Meeting (for the Booher Library’s new Voyager automated system) in May 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Steven Bishop, Associate Professor of Old Testament, was on sabbatical during the fall semester. During that time, he taught a Continuing Education course at Southwest titled “Finally Comes the Poet: Biblical Poetry as Resource in Preaching and Teaching.” His teachings have also included a course on Hebrew Scriptures at Camp Allen for the Iona School. In addition, he has also produced a number of videos and online presentations for the Diocese of Texas’ Iona Initiative.

In September, Frederick L. Clement accepted the appointment as executive vice president for administration and finance at Southwest following the retirement of John Bennet Waters who had held the position for 15 years.

Clement has 25 years experience in business and church management, most recently as administrator and COO of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Austin where he served for 15 years. Clement also served as administrator of Covenant Presbyterian Foundation, Inc., a separately controlled endow­ ment. He is past president of the Dispute Resolution Center of Austin, has appeared on the cover of Church Executive magazine and is recipient of the Golden Hammer Award for excellence in church law and administration.

Dr. Greg Garrett (MDiv ’07), Writer in Residence, was the opening night preacher for the Academy of Homiletics in Chicago in November. He has signed recent contracts to write a novel with best-selling Christian author Brennan Manning and a book on the afterlife in literature and culture for Oxford University Press. Greg concluded his two-year column on faith and politics for patheos.com in November, but will continue reviewing books and culture for the site. At Southwest, he taught the introduction to vocational research and writing course for incoming MDiv students this fall, and offered a PhD seminar on Augustine at Baylor University, where he continues as Professor of English.

The Rev. Micah Jackson was awarded his PhD in October from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

He was on the local organizing committee of and a desig­ nated sermon evaluator for the Texas Festival of Young Preachers. In June, he participated in the Preaching Excellence Program for the fifth year in a row, and was elected to the board of the Episcopal Preaching Foundation. He also participated in CREDO. This fall, Micah launched his blog The Ministry of Health (http://theministryofhealth.org) and has been chairing the committee developing the sem­inary’s Quality Enhancement Plan as part of our reaffirmation of accreditation.

The Rev. Nathan Jennings’ review of At the Heart of Christian Worship, Liturgical Essays of Yves Congar, will be published in The Living Church, 2013.

The Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge published “1 Peter” and “2 Peter” for The Women’s Bible Commentary, West­ minster John Knox, 2012, edited by Carol A. Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe and Jacqueline E. Lapsley. As the George Snell Lecturer for 2012 at St. James Cathedral in the Diocese of Toronto, she presented a workshop for deacons and lay readers, preached at Choral Eucharist on Sunday morning, and delivered the George Snell Lecture, Sunday Evening Prayer, “God in Flesh: Incarnation and Imagination.” She presided at the meeting of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars at the AAR SBL Annual Meeting in Chicago. She participated in a year-long Colloquy for Academic Deans sponsored by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.

Dr. Horatio Pena has been appointed to be an outside reviewer for the Spanish BA program at Texas Southern Univer­ sity. The task will include reviewing the report of the department on teaching, research and service, con­ducting a site visit on the status of the Spanish under­ graduate program, and providing a final review report to the president and provost of TSU.

In January, the Very Rev. Douglas Travis participated in the review of the Rev. Dr. David Gortner, of Virginia Theological Seminary; spoke on “Journeying with Christ” at the Silver Jubilee Conference of the Diocese of North America and Europe of the Mar Thoma Church, an ancient, eastern church belonging to the St. Thomas Community of India, but now spread all over the world; preached at the institution of Sean Cox, ’96 at Faith Episcopal Church, Cameron Park, California; and participated on a panel discussion on institutional planning at the Association of Theological Schools’ presidential intensive.

The Rev. Dave Scheider retired from the Army chaplaincy in December after 25 years. During the fall semester, he taught Ministry to Persons with PTSD at Seminary of the Southwest and taught Pastoral Care for Families at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He was the supply priest for St. Albans, Waco, during the summer. He accepted the appointment to director for the Center for Christian Ministry and Vocation effective January 1.

The Preacher’s Self: The Role of the Preacher in the Sermon June 3-7, 2013 Led by the Rev. Micah Jackson, PhD, John Hines Associate Professor of Preaching 20 continuing education contact hours offered.

Register online at http://www.ssw.edu/curriculum/continuing

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Polit y Bowl

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A lum n i Seminary of the Southwest Class Notes Share your news!

We encourage seminary alumni to keep the Southwest community informed about important happenings in their lives. Please send us your updates about any of the following: • Share any recent awards or honors you have received.

• Tell us about new additions to your family.

• Share news about a recent employment change, job promotion, professional accomplishment or retirement.

• Share news about a recent degree you received, new degrees you are pursuing or other educational accomplishments.

• Let Southwest celebrate your recent book publishing.

2010s Roger Hungerford, ’12, began his service as rector at All Saints Episcopal Church, Moline, Illinois, on February 3.

Kathi Johnson, ’10, was called to serve as Pastor of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Grand Prairie, Texas. She was ordained in January 2012 and began serving in February 2012. Kathi and Steve now live in Mansfield.

Laurie McKim, ’12, accepted a call in August as assistant rector at Advent, Brownsville.

Heather O’Brien,’12, was ordained to the priesthood Saturday, October 27, 2012, at Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church located at Theatre Arlington, Texas. She graduated with her Masters of Divinity from Brite Divinity School in 2011. After that she spent a year at Seminary of the Southwest studying for her Diploma in Anglican Studies.

James Melvin Pevehouse, ’12, was ordained to the sacred order of priests in December 2012. He serves as curate in charge of family ministries at Church of the Good Shepard, Terrell, Texas.

Cindy Ruiz, ’11, was ordained to the transitional diaconate on October 23 at St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas.

Travis Hunter Smith, ’12, was ordained on January 9, 2013, in Austin, Texas and serves as curate and youth minister at St. Mark’s, Austin.

2000s Jody Harrison, ’07, was ordained in July of 2012 and currently serves as Chaplain of Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia.

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Lynda Young Kaffie, ’06, serves as an adjunct professor in the CCMV program and taught a course in Spring 2012 entitled Mystical Theology and the Imitation of Christ. For spring of 2013, Lynda will be teaching another course in the CCMV program specifically for MSF students: Strategies of Formation: Spiritual Practices.

Reid Morgan, ’05, was called to be Rector of St. John’s in La Porte, Texas. He began his ministry there in July 2012.

Brent Owens, ’05, rector of St. Alban’s, Monroe, for the past four years, has been called as associate dean at Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky. His last Sunday at St. Alban’s was August 26, 2012.

Cristopher Robinson, ’05, accepted a call to serve as rector of St. Francis, San Antonio. He began his ministry there on August 5, 2012.

Barkley Thompson, ’03, was called to be rector and dean at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, beginning February 7.

Barkley has served St. John’s, Roanoke, Virginia, since 2007.

Chad Vaughn,’06, was called to be Priest-in-Charge at St.Bede’s in Atlanta, Georgia, this past fall. Chad also completed his term as President of the Alumni Steering Committee.

1990s Justin Lindstrom, ’99, was recently appointed Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oklahoma City.

William (Bill) Livingston, ’99, has co-authored along with Jamie Aten, Rose Gonzalez, David Boan, Sharon Topping and John Hosey, an article titled “Church Attendee Help Seeking Behavior after Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana” scheduled for publication in the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health in early 2013.

Rhonda McIntire, ’96, is rector of San Gabriel the Archangel Episcopal Church in Corrales, New Mexico. The church was elevated to parish status in the fall after more than eight years. The process was shepherded by St. Michael and All Angels, Albuquerque.

James Murguia, ’98, began serving as assistant rector and school chaplain at St. George, San Antonio, in August.

Martha Sylvia Vásquez, ’95, rector of St. Paul’s Church, Walnut Creek, California, is one of six nominees to stand for election for bishop in the Diocese of New Jersey.

Pat Wingo, ’92, accepted a call as the Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Virginia. Pat began his ministry in Virginia

on September 10, 2012. In addition, Sara-Scott Wingo, ’91, accepted a call as Priest-in-Charge at Emmanuel, Brook Hill in Richmond, Virginia.

1980s Annie Finn, ’89, is currently serving as interim rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Llano, Texas.

Mac Keeble, ’85, is currently serving as interim rector at St. Christopher’s by the Sea, Portland, Oregon.

Sharon Richey Turner,’87, had the article entitled “Promised Land?” included in the Vestry Papers issue on Communications: Tried, True and New, about churches trying to learn to use social media. A timely topic for this past September’s Blandy Lectures.

1970s Russ Matthews, ’77, accepted appointment as long-term supply to Annunciation, Luling, Texas, in August of 2012.

I n M emoriam

Ken Armstrong, MDiv ’79, former trustee and retired priest of the church in the Diocese of Oklahoma died November 17, 2012.

Lane Denson, III, BD ’54, former president of the alumni association, former trustee, retired priest of the church, author and musician died in Nashville, Tennessee, on November 21, 2012.

Kathy Glenn, DST ’93, priest of the church, died September 5, 2012, in Tacoma, Washington.

William Morris, BD ’61, retired priest of the church, writer for the Diocese of Louisiana and cookbook writer died November 1, 2012, in New Orleans.

All submissions for inclusion in the Class Notes section of Ratherview should be sent to nspringer-baldwin@ssw.edu or mailed to: Seminary of the Southwest Attn: Alumni Relations 501 East 32nd Street Austin, TX 78705 Please include: full name, home address, phone number, email address, grad year and degree(s). If e-mailing a photo, please send a high-resolution (300dpi) .JPG or .EPS file.

Lane Denson (1923-2012) visited the Southwest campus for Hines Day, October 2012.

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Friends and family came from across the country to honor John Bennet Waters on the occasion of his retirement from Seminary of the Southwest. He served with outstanding expertise and devotion for 15 years as executive vice president for finance and administration.

Among those making tributes at the event were the Rev. Lisa Mason, alumna and trustee; Mr. Bob Biehl, treasurer of the Diocese of Texas with whom Waters serves on the Finance Committee; and Heather Zdancewicz, from Virginia Theological Seminary. Heather and three other business officers came from their respective seminaries to honor JBW with an honorary resolution from the business officer group which Waters organized. Barbecue and dancing the two-step to the Billy Holt Band rounded out the celebration.

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Charles James “Charlie” Cook, MDiv ’74 and professor emeritus of pastoral theology, is pictured at the book signing celebrating the publication by Seminary of the Southwest of his book covering the history of the seminary, 1970-2008. In 150 pages, Charlie tells the story with characteristic insight, respect, democracy, and a dash of humor. Copies are available in the seminary bookstore.

The book signing was held in conjunction with the Presiding Bishop’s visit in late November 2012.

Trustee and alumnus Michael Attas, is pictured with the author.

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