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Black Monks practice Coach Andrew Hollinger, ‘24, runs through drills with the Black Monks. Throughout the fall, Nashotah House’s flag football team prepared for their annual match-up against St. Francis de Sales Seminary. Photo: Billy Wint
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THE MISSIONER Vol. 37 No. 2 Winter 2023/24 The Missioner is published twice annually and is also available online at nashotah.edu/missioner-magazine. SHARE YOUR NEWS Story tips and feedback can be directed to Lauren Cripps, editor of The Missioner. Phone: 262-434-0310 Email: lcripps@nashotah.edu DIGITAL EDITION Are you interested in receiving The Missioner digitally instead of in print? Please email jwint@nashotah.edu to let us know. VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION Want to support The Missioner? Consider a $30 contribution to our voluntary subscription fund at nashotah.edu/give.
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On the cover
6 Dr. Anderson to retire as dean, named Donald J.
Senior Garrett Puccetti lines up in the cloister before Evensong.
8 A Word from the Dean
Parsons Distinguished Professor The legacy of Bishop Parsons at Nashotah House
10 How Far to the Promised Land 11 News in brief 12 Scenes from the Fall Benefit
Photo: Nat Davauer
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Founded in 1842, Nashotah House exists to form persons for ministry in the breadth of the Catholic tradition, for the Episcopal Church, the wider Anglican Communion, churches in the Anglican tradition, and our ecumenical partners. Nashotah House Theological Seminary 2777 Mission Rd., Nashotah, WI 53058 nashotah.edu Photo: Parker
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Matriculation, Fall 2023 My first view of Nashotah House Introducing the Master of Sacred Music Uprooted and growing Preaching with Children Reigniting the hope of the faithful
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Ordinations, calls, retirements, and recognitions Notifications of death Refectory recollections Faculty news
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JULY 8-12 The Incarnational Imagination Reflections of Genesis in the Old Testament The Ascetical Theology of the Caroline Divines JULY 15-19 Enchanted Worship Leadership in the Anglican Tradition
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Introduction to Church Music JULY 22-26 Church Musicians Workshop Old Testament Survey Systematic Theology Practical Liturgics for the Parish Priest
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Dr. Anderson to retire as dean, named Donald J. Parsons Distinguished Professor of Biblical Interpretation
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r. Garwood Anderson announced in the fall his intention to retire from his role as dean of Nashotah House Theological Seminary at the conclusion of the 2023-24 academic year to return to the classroom and biblical scholarship as the Donald J. Parsons Distinguished Professor of Biblical Interpretation.
Anderson joined the Nashotah House faculty in 2007 as Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek and served as Academic Dean from 2009 to 2012. In August of 2017, he assumed the role of acting dean and was appointed permanently to lead the seminary the following year. During his tenure as dean, Anderson has led the seminary through a period of stabilization and growth. A concerted effort to build partnerships with dioceses and parishes has contributed to significant gains in enrollment and institutional support. Amid widespread decline in enrollment among seminaries nationally, Nashotah House’s full-time equivalent enrollment has more than doubled from
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2018 to 2023, from 52 in 2017 to 119 by the fall of 2023. Over 50 dioceses or ecclesial jurisdictions are now represented among the seminary’s student body, a reflection of Anderson’s commitment to building bridges across the Anglican tradition. Anderson has placed a particular focus on sharing the mission of Nashotah House with new audiences and raising support for the seminary to help secure its financial footing. Accepting as many invitations as possible, Anderson has made trips to 47 cities since early 2022, reconnecting with hundreds of alumni and preaching and teaching in dozens of parishes. Between fiscal year 2022 and 2023 alone, donations to the seminary’s annual fund increased
by 33%, and its donor base grew by 31%, with 174 individuals or organizations giving to Nashotah House for the first time. Since 2018, unrestricted giving to the annual fund has increased by 122%. Anderson also oversaw several key additions to the faculty, including the Rev. Dr. Hans Boersma, the Rev. Dr. Greg Peters, Dr. Elisabeth Kincaid, Dr. Geoffrey Williams, and the Rev. Dr. Paul Wheatley. The seminary now positioned for further growth, Anderson’s transition paves the way for a new leader to steer Nashotah House into its next season. “The past six years have been challenging, exhilarating, and deeply rewarding,” Anderson
said. “I’ve been honored to work with a team of faculty and staff that is so dedicated to the mission of raising up leaders for the church. Any successes we’ve seen are a credit to that dedication. This transition comes at a time of great progress, and I’m heartened to know my successor will be taking the helm of an institution with as much promise as the House holds.” “Dr. Anderson’s leadership has been instrumental in bringing greater stability and enhancing the sustainability of Nashotah House. He has worked tirelessly to initiate and reinvigorate relationships with parishes, sending dioceses, and mission partners; those efforts speak for themselves in our enrollment and fundraising gains over the
past six years,” said the Rev. Canon Edward Monk, Chair of the Nashotah House Board of Directors. “While this work has necessitated a great deal of travel and time away from the House, Anderson’s commitment to promoting the health of the campus community, rigor of its academic programs, and its effectiveness in developing future ministers for Christ’s church has not wavered. We are deeply grateful for his service, which has been marked by integrity, godly leadership, and robust faith in Jesus Christ.” Known to many Nashotah House alumni as a scholar and academic mentor, Anderson will return to the classroom and other projects following his term as dean. “My call to theological
Read about the legacy of Bishop Donald J. Parsons at Nashotah House on page 8.
education has always been first as a teacher,” Anderson said. “Stepping out of the classroom and serving in an administrative role these past six years has been a labor of love for the sake of the House’s mission. Returning to the classroom and research for the remaining years of my career puts me in even closer proximity to that mission by working directly with the next generation of leaders for the church.” The Nashotah House Board of Directors has selected FaithSearch Partners to assist in the search for Anderson’s successor.
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y this time, readers of The Missioner are presumably aware that I have notified our board and campus community that this will be my last year to serve in the role of Dean at Nashotah House. I will be turning over the reins and the privilege of leading this remarkable institution to a successor effective June 1, 2024. Following a sabbatical, I will return in the Fall of 2024 to the classroom and to biblical scholarship as the Donald J. Parsons Distinguished Chair of Biblical Interpretation. That is a particularly special honor, as generations of Nashotah House alumni and friends still treasure Bishop Parsons’ lasting impact on their lives and ministries. These seven years of (unexpected!) service have without question been the most challenging and rewarding of my lifetime – sometimes where “challenging” is a euphemism for just “very hard” and where the rewards have been unanticipated and overwhelming. You are aware, of course, that we have endured a season in which theological seminaries have been in decline and retreat, sometimes meeting a heartbreaking end. Meanwhile, by the grace of God and the extraordinary efforts of our team, we more than endured; we have flourished and become stronger. We are, however, under no illusion that our beloved House is yet fully on solid ground. Indeed, my decision to make this transition is made in the hope that God will call to us a leader with gifts and graces beyond my own – not to mention some new energy! Meanwhile, from here to May, far from winding down, we are in overdrive so to offer our next Dean every possible opportunity for success. Your prayerful moral and financial support is needed now more than ever. We are indebted, I especially, for your overwhelming love for this institution, “set apart to the glory of his great name.”
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The legacy of BY THE RT. REV. KEITH ACKERMAN “WHY ARE YOU moving out to the wilderness?” When 28-yearold Fr. Donald J. Parsons moved from Delaware, his Philadelphia family was somewhat perplexed as to why he would willingly relocate to the wilds of Wisconsin. Having been ordained at the age of 23, by the time he accepted the call from Nashotah House in 1950 to be the Professor of New Testament and Greek, he had already earned four degrees and had served as a curate and rector. In his spare time, he was a tutor in Greek and New Testament at his seminary alma mater, the Philadelphia Divinity School. Thus began his relationship with Nashotah House that lasted until his death in 2016. A shy man by nature, reflecting his academic life, the very moment that he stepped behind a podium or into a pulpit, it was as if a switch were flipped on, revealing a warm, loving, insightful academic who loved God’s people and, even more so, loved the God whom they served. In many ways, he was the model of an Anglo-Catholic priest of that period in church history. Five years after assuming his position in New Testament and Greek, Parsons married Mary Russell, and together they raised three children who still think of Nashotah House as their home.
Bishop Parsons at Nashotah House
Having served as professor, and then sub-dean, it was not a surprise to see this much beloved professor become the Dean of Nashotah House in 1963, a deanship which he served successfully until he was elected the sixth bishop of Quincy, in 1973. In his years as Bishop, he never forgot his love for the House, and even years after retirement, he would drive from Peoria, Illinois, to Nashotah House to teach classes—later, for periods of time, staying at “Lambeth West,” so named because of Dean Parsons’ friendship with the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Michael Ramsey, himself a scholar, who accepted the invitation to be in residence at Nashotah House in the 1970s.
Dean Parsons (second from left) pictured with students next to the preaching cross in 1964.
Parsons was the Dean of Nashotah House at a time when many changes were taking place, both in society and in the church, and yet his vision regarding priestly formation never changed: they must be formed and informed. Being in the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin for Mattins, Mass, and Evensong, while not an option in the history of the House, was an absolute principle for Dean Parsons; those who thought of it as optional could be guaranteed a meeting with the Dean.
to the chapel to be on time for 6:45 a.m. Mattins, they would always see Dean Parsons already in the Corpus Christi Chapel, kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament. Seven decades of seminarians and faculty and staff would witness his presence before the Blessed Sacrament. When he preached, when he led retreats, when he taught classes, when he heard confessions, and when he gave spiritual direction, he spoke about the One whom he knew.
Although he was a New Testament scholar, Parsons’ particular concentration was the Apostle Paul, and he was regarded internationally as a Pauline scholar. His sabbatical at Nottingham in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, however, was not to further his Pauline studies, but rather to sharpen the academic area that put him in a unique position in Anglicanism as an ascetical theologian.
The “C House Lounge,” aka “St. Luke’s Lounge,” was renamed several years ago as the “Bishop Donald James Parsons Lounge,” and since his death, his degrees and his ordination certificates are prominently displayed in the lounge, next to an oil painting of him, painted by one of his admiring parishioners in the Diocese of Quincy.
Parsons always endeavored to make the faith understandable to the faithful, and his four published books have been embraced by people of all levels of academic preparation, including his most popular book on ascetical theology, “A Lifetime Road to God,” now in its fourth printing. It was Bishop Parsons’ belief that spending time with the Lord in daily meditation was an essential element of the spiritual life. Whenever seminarians rushed
The mystery often articulated was, “How can an academic teach so convincingly, preach so dynamically, raise money so effectively, and assemble faculties that had such an influence on so many lives?” It remains a mystery, but Nashotah House continues to be who she was founded to be, and Bishop Parsons’ presence is not simply realized by his and his dear wife’s markers in the cemetery, but also by his spiritual influence on the place that he loved so dearly.
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How Far to the Promised Land Photo: Andrew Hollinger
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n November, the Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley delivered a lecture at Nashotah House about his new book, How Far to the Promised Land. The book (Penguin Random House, 2023) is an intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope. McCaulley is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and the author of many works, including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance and the children’s book Josie Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit. His book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. McCaulley graduated from Nashotah House in 2013 with a Master of Sacred Theology.
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IN BRIEF Nashotah House to host thought leaders at Forming Future Leaders conference NASHOTAH HOUSE WILL host Forming Future Leaders for the Church, a one-of-a-kind conference focused on the question of how seminaries, undergraduate institutions, and undergraduate ministries can partner together to shape leaders for the church. The two-day conference, held April 17 and 18, 2024, will feature a panel of leaders in ministry and higher education, including the Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin Holcomb (1), the Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler (2), Dr. Ed Smither (3), the Rev. Dr. Wesley Hill (4), Mrs. Theresa Wilson (5), the Rev. Dr. Paul Wheatley (6), and Dr. Garwood Anderson. Seminaries and undergraduate programs play important roles in
Nashotah House raised record levels of funding for its annual fund in fiscal year 2023, posting a 33% increase in donations over the previous fiscal year.
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The conference will gather leaders from undergraduate programs and seminaries to help identify shared goals and opportunities for collaboration. For more information and to register for the conference, visit nashotah.edu/forming.
Phillips, Roberts awarded Rath Distinguished Scholarship Seniors Matthew Phillips and Joseph Roberts were awarded the Rath Distinguished Scholarship. Rath scholarship recipients are selected annually for their academic achievement, merit, and leadership. The award is provided through the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (WAICU), thanks to the generosity of the Rath Family Foundation. Phillips and Roberts are each pursuing ordination to the priesthood in the Diocese of Milwaukee and Diocese of Dallas, respectively.
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featuring different Nashotah House students. 3. Senior Cameron Walker. 4. Junior Allie Knitter.
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8. Nashotah House supporter and Upper House associate director Cameron Anderson.
10. The Rev. Micah Hogan, ‘22. 11. The Rev. Alister Rihumana, a senior at Nashotah House.
12 12. Board member and Marquette University professor the Rev. Dr. Michael Cover and the Rev. Dr. Travis Bott.
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M AT R I C U L AT I O N | FA L L 2 0 2 3 New residential students matriculated in St. Mary’s Chapel on Oct. 5, adding their names to the register that dates back about 100 years. The Rev. Ryan Cook (top right), rector of Church of the Ascension in Orlando, was the matriculation retreat leader and preacher. Photos: Andrew Hollinger
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My first view of Nashotah House BY KURT WALTERS The following article was first published in Jubilate Deo, the newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina. In it, junior Kurt Walters reports to his sending diocese about his first days on campus this fall.
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t was a long day of travel; after three airports, a five-hour delay, and an hour wait at the rental car counter, I am on my way to Nashotah House. The sky is gray, and a light rain is falling. After 30 minutes on the road, I pull through the seminary’s gates. The wet pavement shines like black vinyl and is contrasted by lush green lawns, tall emerald oaks, and prickly pines. Gothic stone buildings reminiscent of a monastic abbey from long ago are tucked away between the trees. It is beautiful and stately. This was my first view of Nashotah House last June. Now it is our family home. It is the sight of a transformation, a transformation from layman to clergy. A transformation not only for me, but my entire family. Nashotah House can feel timeless. Walking from my student apartment to the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, I hear Michael the Bell. I’d better walk faster if I don’t want to be late to chapel. St. Mary’s was built in 1866, and Michael the Bell has been calling the faithful to prayer since 1884. This is not a commuter school. There are about 40 residential seminarians living on campus; the faculty and their families also live on campus. Residents include students from the Solomon Islands and Nigeria to South Carolina. Though we all have diverse backgrounds, all of us together follow the discipline and
structure of the Nashotah House community. I rise early. I am usually reading something at 6:00 a.m. By 7:45 a.m., I am dressed in a black cassock and entering St. Mary’s for chapel. The ebony wood inside the chapel is exquisitely carved and contrasts strikingly with the white walls and vibrant stained-glass windows. The morning worship makes me feel reverent as I begin each day. Breakfast in the Refectory follows. The faculty eat along with us and help in the cleanup. As a refectorian, I help ensure the cleanliness of our dining hall and kitchen. We all work at Nashotah House. We are not monks, but we are reminded of Benedict in everything we do on campus. Three times a day, the everpresent Michael the Bell rings and reminds each of us of our calling. None of us do this alone. With me is my loving wife, Danielle; she leaves behind her position as Chair of the Bridge Program at Charleston Southern University. The university has graciously retained Danielle’s teaching position, now remote for the duration of our time at Nashotah House. Our children, Adele (8) and Conrad (5), said goodbye to their friends in Charleston and are making some new friends in Wisconsin. The entire family is starting anew; we are all looking forward to a white Christmas. Also, I am blessed to have my wife and children with
me; it’s a beautiful thing to look out from my pew and see my children attending Evensong on weekday evenings. My daughter loves to see her daddy at “work.” I am called to the priesthood, and the Lord has pressed into my heart a ministry to serve the elderly and the sick as a chaplain. In Matthew, Jesus says to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” Our diocese needs laborers. Out of 19,597 parishioners in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, only six parishioners sought and were approved to move forward on the path to priestly ordination. Two of us have been chosen to attend Nashotah House, Alonso Crawford and myself. How does my experience involve you? To grow as a diocese, we need clergy, and clergy require seminary, and seminary requires community. Please join us in praying for our new matriculants, and all our students, as they pursue their call to ministry.
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ashotah House has announced the launch of its Master of Sacred Music, beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.
A practical and academic master’s degree, the Master of Sacred Music will train church musicians and clergy as professional musical leaders in the Anglican tradition. The two-year curriculum, offered in the residential format, is designed to deepen students’ musical skills and theological understanding through advanced study. Specializations will focus on voice, organ, and conducting. The curriculum will consist of musical theology, biblical studies, Christian spirituality, systematic theology, pastoral ministry, and church history, as well as ensemble work, repertoire seminars, and private studio instruction. By participating in twice-daily community worship in the historic St. Mary’s Chapel, students will be immersed in the Anglican choral tradition throughout their course of study. Nashotah House faculty members will teach their courses alongside internationally known visiting scholars. The program will be led by Dr. Geoffrey Williams, assistant professor of church music and director of St. Mary’s Chapel. Williams is in demand as a singer, conductor, teacher, and early music specialist throughout the United States and abroad. As a church musician, he has served the parishes of Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal Church in Champaign, Illinois; St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square; Trinity Church in Princeton; and Washington National Cathedral; and was for a decade a Gentleman of the Choir of Men and Boys at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, in New York City. He is also the founder and artistic director of the GRAMMY-nominated male classical vocal quartet New York Polyphony. Williams received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music and Master of Music in Choral Conducting from
the University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana and his Bachelor of Arts from Westminster Choir College. In addition to Dr. Williams’ leadership, Nashotah House organist-in-residence Dr. Thomas Heidenreich will serve as an administrator and affiliate professor in the MSM program. Heidenreich received his Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Westminster Choir College. WILLIAMS RECENTLY SAT DOWN with Dr. Garwood Anderson, dean of Nashotah House, to discuss the new program. The following are excerpts from their conversation. Anderson: As you envision it, what need do you see this addressing in the church? Williams: The available programs that focus specifically on church music under a conservatory model have been diminishing. There are excellent schools to learn how to play the organ, how to become a better singer, how to be a great conductor and teacher, but there are certainly fewer programs that train people to be church musicians as their vocation. At the moment, we are fortunate to have good musicians who just happened to have a calling to ministry in music. What we’d like to do is to cultivate that ministry through more focused training. This program is unique in many ways, but primarily because of the amount of time people will spend in chapel in direct practicum of the art of leading worship through music. Because our chapel life is the centerpiece of our education here at Nashotah, the opportunity to practice that craft happens twice a day, every day. We have a variety of liturgies that require music, which means that we can offer the full gamut of church music in the Anglican tradition, from the most traditional and ancient to the more contemporary and innovative.
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Anderson: As a place for training, it’s kind of incredible to think about having 10 services a week rather than just one or two every weekend. What else do you think makes the program unique? Williams: Well, different from a conservatory degree, half of the program is taken up by our theological foundation. Students sit in class alongside our divinity students, who are preparing for ordained ministry, learning about pastoral ministry, ascetical theology, and biblical studies, creating a rule of life for themselves and studying church history – not just church history as it has created church music, but church history in all of its facets. So, it’s the full theological foundation, and the difference is that we then offer so much practical time for the student as well; it’s a blend of theological education with the focus of the conservatory experience. Anderson: I think it’s going to be a really interesting and wonderful dynamic to have people training for different kinds of ministry, thinking about these academic and spiritual disciplines through their particular lens, and doing that together. What kind of person should consider pursuing this degree? Williams: It’s a professional degree, so it should be
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those who wish to make church music their life’s work. This is for people who want the skills to be strong members of a church staff, to have good relationships with the clerical leaders of their parish, to have a good background in the same training that priests and pastors have so they can speak the same language of church history and liturgical training and knowledge of Scripture. When the church musician and priest work together, we hope they are able to work together on a two-way street rather than just waiting for direction, to work collaboratively as parish leaders. In addition to enhancing their musical training in conducting, playing, and singing, the program gives a spiritual and practical foundation for relating to their employers as colleagues. Anderson: One thing that’s different about this degree is that we’ve structured it in such a way that somebody who has already done a first master’s degree in theology could come and take one year of what otherwise would have been a two-year program and fulfill the professional music preparation. So, we could even imagine somebody who has a Master of Divinity or Master of Theological Studies coming in and doing this program in the course of a year. Williams: That’s right. Students who already have a master’s degree that fulfills the theological part of the program would, like any other applicant, be asked to do
“I feel we have a gift to offer; it’s here, it’s latent, and now we’re actually going to offer it.” DR. GARWOOD ANDERSON an audition. This is not a conservatory audition, but it would include samples of their singing, conducting, or playing, and an interview. Anderson: Does a candidate need a music degree to qualify for this degree? Williams: The basic music skills expected after completing a music degree are understood and expected in order to enter the program. That said, this program is not creating superstars; we’re creating ministers of music. So, what we hope to do is take people with music skills who want to broaden their abilities to serve in the church beyond just ‘Can I play a voluntary? Can I direct a choir anthem? Can I sing my voice part?’ My background at Westminster Choir College showed me that amateurs can be trained to take church music to a professional level yet still be performed by amateurs. We’re looking to prepare people for careers as ministers of music, with that as their vocation, not as their ambition. Let me ask you a question: How would you say Nashotah House is different for a music student compared to anywhere else? Anderson: Well, you’ve started to answer that question already, describing the basic shape of our worship life, the sheer number of opportunities presented here for making music, the end of which is worship and not performance. I don’t think any other seminary does as much music as we do, and always toward that end. It’s a long tradition here – you didn’t start it, but you’ve certainly enhanced it greatly since you arrived on campus. A second thing that occurs to me is that the communal life here is good, not only for people preparing for ordained ministry but for Christian formation itself. The thought of people who will be in ordained ministry rubbing shoulders with people who will be leading the church’s music and worship and vice versa feels like a
good for both of them. The last thing I would say is about personnel. I remember the two of us talking about the possibility of this program over dinner several years ago when you were interviewing for the position here. And now, we have the person to lead the program in you; with your Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting, your extensive professional singing experience, and your significant church music experience, both as a participant and as a leader, that’s an incredible background to bring into this. On top of that, now we are also blessed to have a top-notch organist in Dr. Thomas Heidenreich, also with an earned Doctorate in Music and a real passion to serve Christ through his music. So, we have just the personnel to do this, and we’re very blessed indeed. You also know that the music here at Nashotah House has been a passion of mine since before I arrived. When I was trying to decide in 2007 if I would take a position on the faculty, I listened to a recording of the Seminary Hymn on our website and thought, ‘That’s a really lovely hymn and, boy, can they sing it! What would it be like to be at a seminary that sings hymns that way?’ Of course, it’s been so much more than I even realized at the time and all the more since you’ve been here. I feel we have a gift to offer; it’s here, it’s latent, and now we’re actually going to offer it.
The seminary is now accepting applications for the MSM program. Those interested in learning more may visit nashotah.edu/programs/residential/master-of-sacredmusic or contact Dr. Geoffrey Williams at gwilliams@ nashotah.edu. Prospective students are also encouraged to attend “Experience Nashotah” on campus from March 7-8, 2024, or set up an individual visit by contacting admissions director Fr. Ben Hankinson at bhankinson@nashotah.edu.
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U P R O OT E D and growing BY ELLIOT RITZEMA
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hen I tell people who are familiar with Nashotah House that I’m a residential student there, they will often ask, “What year?” (Those who are unfamiliar will ask something more basic, like “Nashwhatwhere?”) Since almost all the residential students are in the Master of Divinity program, the assumption is that I will answer: “Junior,” “Middler,” or “Senior.” Then I explain that, no, I’m a rarer bird: a residential Master of Sacred Theology student. You don’t have to join the residential community to do an STM; you could take all the classes you need as one-week intensives. So, it’s natural to ask a follow-up question: “Why?” The short answer is that I had the freedom to relocate, and I thought I could grow here, but the longer answer begins with how I came to be looking to move in the first place. In the fall of 2022, I was working as a book editor in Washington state. I had a job, a community, and a place to live. I was comfortable, but I was not content; I began to fear that I would blink and 20 years would go by with no meaningful change or growth. I could see myself relaxing into the comfortable consumer lifestyle that is the default way of being in America, and I rebelled. Pulling up roots and moving to Nashotah could be seen as the more rigorous, intensive option, and it wasn’t easy. But staying where I was would have been the more
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When I visited Nashotah and worshiped in St. Mary’s, I sensed the difference having a believing priest, and believing worshipers, made. More than anything else, that’s why I thought, “I could grow here.” demanding option—it would have demanded that I ignore the voice telling me that following Jesus required more of me. Since moving here, I have found that Nashotah is a good place to grow. The rhythms of worship, study, and work make it so that you can orient yourself around love of God and others. But growth isn’t inevitable even here; you can be in residence at Nashotah and get bored. You can distract yourself here. You can look for things to complain about here. You can become cynical. You can stand in chapel and recite the creed while wondering what’s for breakfast, and you can dig your knees into the floor and recite prayers while having a heart that’s more focused on how you look to your neighbors than it is attending to God. Even here, you can slide into despair about the state of the church or of theological education. So, it isn’t just the repeated actions of our community life that I’ve found foster growth at Nashotah. On a deeper level, there is the conviction that what happens here matters. It is meant to reflect, however partially and imperfectly, the way the world was made to be and the way humans were made to live in it. The philosopher Charles Taylor coined the term “social imaginary” to describe our background assumptions, the way we collectively imagine reality to be in a secular age. I was occupying one kind of social imaginary before I came here, and I wasn’t sure that coming here for a week at a time could give me enough escape velocity to launch into a different one. I was living in a story in which prosperity, technique, and comfort were the values that drove life, and I needed to be transported into a different one. Years ago, when I was getting a Master of Divinity and taking a Preaching and Worship class, another student asked the professor how it was
possible to keep the liturgy fresh and engaging for people if you’re in a tradition where it is largely set. The professor gave a few suggestions, but the most important thing, he said, “is having a believing priest”—someone who believes that the actions performed in the liturgy are not just things we’ve decided to do, but are worship directed to a God who exists and is worthy of our worship. When I visited Nashotah and worshiped in St. Mary’s, I sensed the difference having a believing priest, and believing worshipers, made. More than anything else, that’s why I thought, “I could grow here.” The people here believe that God exists, that Scripture is a reliable way to know him, that Christ died for our sins and was raised and is present to us in the Eucharist. That belief is what gives an electric charge to our worship, even though there are days when we feel more engaged than others—days where we perform the actions even though we don’t feel it. But if we believe what we’re doing matters, and we continue to do it day after day, it will shape us even when the feeling isn’t there. Coming here was a big change, for sure. But I’m not exaggerating when I say it was a relief to sell my furniture, pack up my remaining things, and come live a life that, to outward appearances, seems much more constrained. Distractions were pulling me from worship and meaning, and I was at a place in my life where I could, and needed to, reduce them drastically. I don’t know how long I’ll be in residence or what comes after the STM. It could be that I will continue in my same job, editing books for a living. But for as long as I’m here, I’m observing closely and engaging fully in rhythms of prayer, work, and community life, and thinking about how I can continue to occupy this kind of social imaginary— one oriented around worship and devotion to Christ—wherever I go next.
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ashotah House will host Preaching with Children, a one-day workshop focused on exploring the Word
of God with the church’s youngest members, on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The workshop will be led by Dr. Ann Garrido, Associate Professor of Homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology and former Marten Faculty Fellow in Homiletics at the University of Notre Dame. Garrido is the author of multiple books, including the awardwinning Preaching with Children (Liturgy Training Publications, 2022). She has been involved in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd movement since 1996 and currently serves on CGSUSA’s catechist formation committee. Garrido recently sat down with Dr. Jim Watkins, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, to discuss her vision for preaching with children and preview the content of the upcoming workshop. The following are excerpts from their conversation.
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Watkins: Dr. Garrido, so glad to be able to visit with you today. Garrido: Thank you for the warm welcome; I’m delighted to be with you, and I’m very excited about coming to Nashotah House. Watkins: Well, allow me to dive right in with a question for you. It has to do with the title of the workshop and the title of your book. Tell us, why is it important to preach with children and not merely to children? Garrido: One of the things we are recognizing in church life right now is that ministry is not a one-directional activity in which the minister is simply bestowing the wisdom they’ve acquired in life and their own study onto the people of God, but rather that the people of God also have a tremendous amount of wisdom from their life and their years of prayer, and as ministers we can help them to articulate and make explicit their own experience of God. That is true not just for adults in the congregation, but it’s true for children, too. As preachers, we’re there to share the Word of God with children. But children are not blank slates; they actually also have an experience of God. They have insights into the Word of God that are fresh and distinctive and can be a real gift to the church. So, when we’re listening to the Word of God with children, and when we’re listening to children – not just superficially, but really, deeply listening with children – I think what happens is that we find our own ministry as preachers reinvigorated. Watkins: I love this idea that ministry is a dialogue, like having a conversation. It’s a two-way street. So, who do you think would really benefit from attending this workshop? Garrido: Well, I think anybody who shares the Word of God with children and wants to learn from the children they are serving. That certainly could be people who are in a formal preaching ministry within the church – the priest or the deacon – but it could also be others who share the Word of God with children, perhaps through teaching or catechizing or leading children’s church during the liturgy, as well as Christian teachers who might be leading devotionals for children– anybody who’s trying to pray with children around the Word of God. Watkins: I understand your workshop is connected to Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and that your work has been related to that. I just wanted to clarify: if I came to this workshop, would I be trained in the method of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd? Is that what this is about?
Garrido: Great question. No, we won’t be doing training in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd; nobody’s going to try to convert you to become a catechist at the workshop. It’s more that we’ll be asking the question, How could what has been discovered through the method of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd be helpful to preachers?
DR. ANN GARRIDO Associate Professor of Homiletics, Aquinas Institute of Theology Author, Preaching with Children
I’m aware that people who minister in the church often have other full-time work. They usually have many things on their plate, they’re being pulled in a thousand different directions, and children, for most preachers, are just one part of the congregation they’re there to serve. Most often, people in ministry don’t have a lot of time to take an entire class on working with children or to spend much time learning about their developmental capacities, questions, concerns, and emerging spirituality. So, what I want to do is to share information that’s been gleaned from the Good Shepherd movement, where we have 70 years of experience of people whose primary ministry in the church has been listening to the Word of God alongside children. We’ll share some of what we’ve learned from that field that might be helpful for preachers in the church. Watkins: For someone who’s not familiar with Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and (its founder) Sofia Cavalletti, could you tell us a little bit about it? Garrido: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a movement that began in Rome almost 70 years ago, and it actually has its origins in the story of a child who was very bored at church. There was a woman whose son was getting ready to begin receiving the sacraments in the church, and she just kept telling her friend Sofia Cavalletti, ‘My child is so bored with the religious education that he’s receiving in the church.’ Sofia Cavalletti was a Scripture scholar, and she worked largely with adults at the graduate level.
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FEATURES Her response was, ‘Oh, children are not my thing.’ She would say she didn’t take children particularly seriously in her own life, but her friend was really persistent: ‘Please do something with my seven-yearold.’ So, Sofia began to meet in her home and open the Bible with children. What she discovered in her first few encounters with children was they had all kinds of interesting insights into Scripture that we’ve missed in the professional field of Scripture scholarship. After this, Sofia determined, ‘I need to find out more about children.’ Several of her friends said, ‘Oh, if you want to find out about children, you need to learn a little bit more about the Montessori educational methodology.’ Soon after that, she was introduced to a Montessori educator named Gianna Gobbi. And so, Sofia and Gianna began a partnership with each other that lasted for over 50 years, where they would sit and read the Word of God together with children. Using Montessori pedagogy, they began to create hands-on materials for children to use in working out Bible stories. Over the course of many years working with children, they came to discover, by observing what the children prayed about and the artwork they developed, that certain spiritual questions seemed to emerge in children’s lives at distinct ages. Certain stories from Scripture and elements of the liturgy seem to speak to children. Over the course of all this time, they learned a whole lot about children’s spirituality, and particularly children’s relationship with Scripture, that I think could be useful to preachers. So, in our workshop, I will share a bit about what we’ve learned from the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd movement as it applies to the ministry of preaching in the church today. Watkins: One of the things I found really interesting about your book, especially the discussion about Sofia Cavalletti and this long experiment that she did, was the way other people at the time didn’t really take children seriously as people with spiritual lives. I’m wondering if you could tell us a bit more about the difference that it makes in ministry to regard children as serious persons who have their own spiritual lives? Garrido: Yes, it’s brilliant because, as Sofia herself would have acknowledged in the beginning, when she first came out of her theological studies, she didn’t really take children seriously. But when she began to read the Bible with them, she began to regard them a bit more seriously, and then she met Gianna and
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“Children are not blank slates; they actually also have an experience of God. They have insights into the Word of God that are fresh and distinctive and can be a real gift to the church.”
she heard how seriously Gianna and Montessori took children. One of the stories she tells is about one of the first materials that Gianna Gobbi brought to her: a miniature altar that she had built and supplied with tiny versions of all the sacred vessels on an altar. Sophia says, ‘I was very hesitant about this because I thought children couldn’t be reverent with something so sacred. I’m not sure how I feel about children having their hands on such things.’ But when she watched the children and saw how they worked with these materials and how reverent they could be in doing so, and when she really began to listen to the depth of the questions they were asking and the profundity with which they encountered the Scripture, she began to treat children as much more serious interlocutors in the interpretation of the text. The reason that’s touched me so much is that, having gone through theological education – and I went to an excellent school. I love professors – I would say we weren’t ever really taught to treat children as serious partners in theology or that we might actually have something to learn from the children in our midst. I think because preachers don’t necessarily think children are ready for the depth of our tradition a lot of times, they can be lulled into thinking, ‘Well, now, I’ll take a break in the middle of the service to tell a joke or a story to entertain the children and get them excited.’ And we don’t necessarily think they’re ready to hear the Word of God in its depth. So what I’m trying to address is that, oftentimes, if children have been squiggly in the pews, if children aren’t listening, if you’re having a hard time engaging with children, it’s not necessarily because they’re not ready for the Word of God, but that possibly the way that we’ve tried to do sermons with children in the past have not necessarily been attentive to what children are hungry for, in part because we ourselves
have not been trained very well to understand children. So, I’ll come to Nashotah House, I think, bearing a word of hope, that there are actually ways of preaching with children that can both take the Word of God really seriously, the preaching moment really seriously, and take children really seriously. Watkins: That’s wonderful. You talk about this in your book, about the importance of preachers preparing for their sermons by trying to see the text through the eyes of children. And I’m just curious: do you have any advice for adult preachers who have maybe forgotten how to see the Bible through the eyes of children? Garrido: Sure I do. In fact, in some ways, that’s what the whole workshop will focus on. The three topics I want to talk about on that day are 1) What have we learned about children, largely from our work in Montessori education? 2) What Scripture and scriptural themes really resonate with children? And 3) I want to make sure that we get super practical in the workshop, with concrete tips for people who want to be more effective in their ministry with children. If children’s experience of being in the world is small, they know that they are small in a world that’s much bigger than themselves, but they can experience themselves as having a lot of might and power. They know that small does not mean weak, and it does not mean useless or discardable. What they actually help show us through Scripture is that God has what I call a
PREACHING WITH CHILDREN WORKSHOP Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 9 AM - 3 PM Adams Hall, Nashotah House $12 registration fee includes lunch and a copy of Preaching with Children (LTP, 2022) Register: nashotah.edu/events
preferential option for the small; over and over again throughout Scripture, we find that children are drawn to small characters that maybe we wouldn’t ordinarily focus on. They’ll be drawn to the way that even the whole mystery of the Kingdom of God comes in the form of smallness. And so, they have a particular lens on reading Scripture that, at least for me as an adult, is something I never would have come to on my own, unless I had listened to children. Watkins: Thank you so much for this conversation, Dr. Garrido, and thank you for hosting this workshop on our campus in April. It’ll be a real gift to Nashotah House and also to the wider community. For more information and to register for the workshop, visit nashotah.edu/events. The workshop is made possible by the generous funding of the Lilly Endowment’s Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative.
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he call to ordained ministry didn’t come in a single moment for Father Ian Hyde, but a seed was planted while he worked in college ministry at Christ Church in Tyler, Texas. Coming from the evangelical tradition, equipped with a passion for Scripture and theology, Hyde had considered becoming a pastor, yet he had questions about what that call meant. Working at Christ Church after college, Hyde shared an office with the Rev. Dr. Matt Boulter, then associate rector of the parish, and shadowed him as he made home visits and touchpoints in the community. “I came to realize pastoral ministry is more than zeal for preaching and teaching,” Hyde recalled. “I would often go with (Boulter); he would have a handful of debit cards to Walmart, and he would take them to parishioners who were struggling economically. The debit card delivery wasn’t what was most significant about these visits. He was bringing Christ into their lives, encouraging them, no agenda. I just watched him – the life he was living – and I had this inculcation of an idea that that’s the sort of life I wanted to live.” That up-close look at priestly ministry was compelling, and Hyde soon began having conversations with his rector about whether he was indeed being called to ordination. Hyde entered the discernment process through the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, received confirmation to move forward, and attended Nashotah House from 2019 to 2022. Meanwhile, Church of the Good Shepherd had been experiencing significant decline in its Sunday morning attendance in recent decades, consistent with national trends in the Episcopal Church. Exacerbated by pandemic-induced challenges, those who remained at the 150-year-old parish in Terrell, Texas, were discouraged. “We were stagnant and bored with church, and probably a little depressed because of our numbers,” said Norie Oakley, senior warden of Good Shepherd,
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whose family ties to the parish trace back four generations. Newly ordained to the transitional diaconate and graduated from seminary, Hyde arrived at Good Shepherd in the summer of 2022 for what was initially intended as a two-year curacy to apprentice under a seasoned interim priest. Other pressing needs in the diocese meant that Hyde unexpectedly found himself as deacon-in-charge shortly after his arrival. After just four weeks working alongside that priest and two months before his ordination to the priesthood, 28-year-old Hyde was handed the reins. Hyde was responsible for lining up supply priests in the interim, which turned out to be a blessing as he
stepped into his new role. “It was a really great experience because I was able to meet a lot of priests in our diocese who were newly retired, which meant they had a lot of experience and a lot of wisdom to share,” Hyde said. “I got to meet nine different priests and spend time with them, watching how they operate on a Sunday morning, seeing how they handle even the most basic things. They offered helpful guidance that I wouldn’t have received under the original plan.” Building relationships with parishioners became a top priority early in Hyde’s ministry. He dug out old church directories to re-invite former parishioners who had previously filled the pews.
“I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE JUST BARELY HANGING ON TO THE HOPE OF THEIR CHURCH, YET WHAT I FOUND WAS PEOPLE WHO WERE COMPLETELY ENERGIZED BY THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL ...” “I just got on the phone and called every single phone number connected to this parish,” he said. “I tried to set up as many coffees, lunches, and home visits as I could. I spent sometimes 40 to 50 hours in those first few months just hanging out with the people from our church and people who had left our church.” Oakley, the senior warden, noted Hyde’s care for older and homebound parishioners.
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“We had a lot of older shut-ins who we had lost contact with,” she said. “He would drive to their house, take them gasoline, take them to the store, and he does it with such grace.” Meanwhile, Hyde also dedicated his time to community endeavors. In former days, Good Shepherd, which opened its doors just a year after the city’s founding, had taken up a central place in the life of the city, but over the years the parish had “fallen out of the general consciousness.” “One of my goals—perhaps taken from some sort of ideal that you dream about in seminary of being the ‘village priest’ or being the ‘country parson’—was to just be as visible as possible so that at least people knew we had a parish in this town, knew where it was, and would maybe wonder if something interesting might be going on there that they ought to try,” said Hyde. A town of about 20,000 on the edge of the DallasFort Worth metro, Terrell offered plenty of outlets for outreach. Hyde joined the chamber of commerce, the Kiwanis club, and other local organizations, rebuilding inroads in the community and finding new people to invite to church. His participation in the local ministerial alliance proved particularly fruitful in reviving Good Shepherd’s ecumenical partnerships. “We’ve been able to unite with one another around the core mission of spreading the gospel in our community,” he said of the other churches in the alliance. “So, there’s a renewed visibility that has helped raise awareness in our community about the unique expression of the (Anglican) tradition going on here in Terrell and that we have something to contribute as a partner with other churches in the city.” When Good Shepherd resumed a dormant tradition of hosting Lessons & Carols in December 2022, parishioners canvassed neighborhoods, extending personal invitations to community members around town. “I was shocked by that – it was not what I thought was going to be the case when I came in. I thought people were going to be just barely hanging on to the hope of their church, yet what I found was people who were completely energized by the hope of the gospel and by the possibility of God blessing their endeavors and their faithfulness to him,” Hyde said.
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“Ian understands that people don’t want to come to an ingrown church,” said the Very Rev. Dr. Neal Michell, former Canon for Strategic Development and Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, and a mentor to Hyde. “They want one that is engaged in preaching the Good News and also thinking about being the Good News and helping the poor and needy in the community. You disciple people not just to be good church members, but to be engaged in the community as a part of the kingdom of God.” Mission-mindedness, paired with pastoral instincts, have served to ease the leadership transition at Good Shepherd, said Michell, who is also author of How to Hit the Ground Running: A Quick-Start Guide for Congregations with New Leadership. “The problem with decline is not so much what’s happening externally, but about our clergy being emotionally healthy. People don’t often sense that their priest really loves them; Ian communicates that. People know he loves them, and because they know that, they are willing to follow him as their pastor and leader,” Michell said. In the course of a year, Good Shepherd’s average Sunday attendance grew from the mid-20s to about 60 weekly worshipers. Hyde credits his formation at Nashotah House with helping him take the mantle of senior leadership in a parish sooner than he expected. “Fr. (Matthew) Olver told us at the beginning of our time with him that (between) our participation in chapel and as students in his liturgics classes, he had a goal: that we would get into the parish and not have
to worry about what we were doing on Sunday,” Hyde recalled. “We would not have to train ourselves or learn on the fly, but we would be able to step into that situation and instead be freed up to do important work in the parish.” “For me, what was absolutely huge, the thing that’s had probably the biggest impact on my relationship to the church in the first year, is that when I became a priest, I did not have to think about the liturgy in a strenuous way,” he added. “I did not have to spend time inside the nave trying to rehearse or remember or train myself how to do the liturgy. That freed me up to do things that have a pretty lasting impact, things I would have totally missed if I if I wouldn’t have had the training I received from Nashotah House.” Oakley sees the fruit of Hyde’s training in how he treats the liturgy. “I can tell what he received at Nashotah,” she said. “He has such a reverence for (the liturgy). He wants to do it right. There is real reverence for it, and it makes all of us more reverent.” She also sees evidence of reinvigoration throughout
the parish. “We’re just so energized,” she said. “Good things are happening. We are just giddy.” As new families and returning parishioners make their way into the pews, Hyde is heartened to see longtime members mobilized in mission. “It’s reignited the hope of the faithful, of the people who have been here through all of the ups and downs throughout the decades. Now, they are feeling as if God has not given up on their church,” Hyde said.
Thanks be to God, we hear stories of revitalized parishes led by Nashotah-trained priests, like Church of the Good Shepherd, all the time. Amid widespread church decline, it is critical that we invest today in the formation of the next generation of faithful clergy to lead Christ’s flock. By making a donation to Nashotah House, you are doing just that. Consider a gift today at nashotah.edu/give.
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ALUMNI UPDATES ORDINATIONS, CALLS, RETIREMENTS, AND RECOGNITIONS
THE REV. TIMOTHY ARENA, ‘22, was ordained to the diaconate on Aug. 19, 2023. Arena serves at St. Andrew the Evangelist in Merrillville, Indiana, in the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC). THE REV. ROBERT ARMIDON, ‘21, was appointed priest-in-charge at St. James’ Episcopal Church, Goshen, Indiana, and at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Elkhart, Indiana, on July 2, 2023. Armidon also serves as secretary-general of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament and a member of the board of directors of the Guild of the Living Rosary. THE REV. PARKER ASPLIN, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Nov. 1, 2023, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, where he now serves as rector. THE REV. TYLER BEEN, ‘22, was named a contributor to The Living Church’s Covenant blog in August. Been serves as curate at Church of the Holy Cross in Paris, Texas. MS. CHLOÉ BENNETT, ‘23, began her role as an experiential learning librarian at the University of Texas, Arlington in June 2023. THE REV. JOSEPH CALANDRA, ‘17, serves at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, as U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital’s Clinical Pastoral Educator, overseeing the academic and practical instruction for on-site military and civilian chaplaininterns, chaplain residents, and military chaplains embarking on advanced clinical pastoral education studies in asynchronous education and board certification.
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What are you celebrating in your ministry right now?
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The recent baptism of an unchurched adult and his infant son. -THE REV. JULIA HENDRIX, ‘21 RECTOR OF ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
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The opportunity to help others by doing supply work, and serving as a chaplain along with my wife, Ginger, to the retired clergy in Diocese of Tennessee. -THE REV. CANON H. W. SANDY HERRMANN, ‘89 RETIRED
THE REV. JOHN W. CONNER, ‘21, began as rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Aug. 14, 2023. THE REV. SAMUEL C. R. CRIPPS, ‘22, was instituted at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Wausau, Wisconsin, on Oct. 19 as rector. He was also named a contributor to The Living Church’s Covenant blog in August. THE REV. GUY MARTIN DELCAMBRE, currently a student at Nashotah House studying for the Master of Theological Studies, was ordained to the transitional diaconate at All Saints Church, Anglican in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 15, 2023. THE REV. MEGHAN DOW FARR, ‘13, was appointed the rural dean of Cork City, Ireland. Farr is priestin-charge of Saint Anne’s Parish, Shandon in Cork, and also chaplain at Saint Luke’s Home. Her ministry as rural dean is in addition to these ministries, and she succeeds Canon Daniel Nuzum, who was rural dean of Cork City for many years. THE REV. SHANE GORMLEY, ‘12, received a Doctor of Philosophy on Aug. 12, 2023. The conferral was bestowed by Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. THE VERY REV. JOEL HAMPTON, ‘08, was appointed Canon to the Ordinary by the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (ACNA). He will assume his duties in 2024. THE REV. BEN HANKINSON, ‘14, was named director of field education at Nashotah House, overseeing supervised practice of ministry, clinical pastoral
education, and teaching parish programs. He continues his role as director of admissions and is adding this new responsibility to his current portfolio. THE REV. ROD HURST, ‘09, was appointed seventh rector of Christ Church of the Ascension in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on Nov. 1, 2023. Hurst is originally from the Pacific Northwest and was confirmed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Olympia, Washington. Before being called as rector of Christ Church of the Ascension, he served 14 years as rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Carlsbad, New Mexico. THE REV. NATHANIEL KIDD, ‘12, recently started a new role as Director of St. Francis Place in Bellingham, a 42-unit permanent supportive housing facility that is part of Catholic Community Services of Western Washington. Kidd continues to serve as vicar of Reconciliation Anglican Church. THE REV. MICHAEL LINDSTEDT, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on June 25, 2023, at Christ Anglican Church in Moline, Illinois, in the Anglican Diocese of Quincy. THE REV. KENNETH CLARK LOPEZ, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Sept. 30, 2023, at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Fort Worth, Texas. The book, How Far to the Promised Land (Random House, 2023) by THE REV. DR. ESAU MCCAULLEY (STM, ‘13) ranked in the top 60 of books sold by Amazon among bestselling books for 2023. THE REV. CANON EDWARD MONK, ‘99, celebrated the 25th anniversary of his diaconal ordination on Nov. 29, 2023. THE REV. JAMIE PARSLEY, ‘08, recently published a book of poetry, Salt (Kelsey Press, 2023),
which is his 15th book of poems. He served as an associate poet laureate for the state of North Dakota and currently serves as poet-in-residence at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, and as rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Fargo. THE REV. DAVID ALLEN PETERSON, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Aug. 20, 2023, at Holy Cross Anglican Church in Sanger, California, Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin. THE REV. ERIC RASKOPF, ‘15, serves as vicar of St. Edmund’s Anglican Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. THE REV. LAMAR REECE, ‘15, Captain, USAF, was promoted to the rank of Major in the United States Air Force. He currently serves as the Deputy Wing Chaplain at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
THE VERY REV. WILLIAM TERRY, ‘03, retired July 23, 2023. Terry, a native of New Orleans, served as dean of the downtown deanery and rector of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church. He was assigned as the Episcopal chaplain for Tulane School of Medicine and served as faculty in the program in medical ethics and human values. THE REV. JONATHAN TOTTY, ‘19, accepted a call as rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Naperville, Illinois, on July 1, 2023. THE REV. CLYDE WILKINS, ‘23, was ordained to the diaconate on Aug. 5, 2023, by the presiding bishop of the Anglican Province of America, the Most Rev. Chandler Holder Jones, at Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in Fort Valley, Georgia.
THE REV. GREG RILEY (STM, ‘05), retired chaplain (colonel, US Army, ‘07) and retired canon to the ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana, serves as priest-in-residence at Christ Church, Bastrop, Louisiana. He has also served as reserve deputy sheriff, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, since 2008. THE REV. JASON W. SAMUEL, ‘90, celebrated his 30th anniversary of priestly ordination on July 4, 2023. Samuel serves as the vicar of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Logan, Utah, where he has served since September 2021. THE REV. KIM STEPHENS-DOLL, ‘23, was ordained to the diaconate on Dec. 12, 2023, at St. Michael’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Carlsbad, California. THE REV. JUSTIN TALIAFERRO, ‘23, was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 4, 2023, at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Rev. Jonathan Jameson (at left), ‘19, Associate Rector of St. John’s Church in Savannah, Georgia, Dean Dr. Garwood Anderson, and the Rt. Rev. Paul Lambert, ‘75, pictured at a recent gathering for Nashotah House at The Green–Meldrim House in Savannah.
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BISHOP RUSSELL JACOBUS (1944-2023) THE RT. REV. RUSSELL EDWARD JACOBUS, ’70, died October 24, 2023. He was 79. Jacobus is survived by his wife, Jerrie, and adult children, Penny, Beth, and David. Jacobus was born in Milwaukee on September 27, 1944. He received a B.A. from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee in 1967 and an MDiv. from Nashotah House in 1970. Jacobus was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Donald Hallock of Milwaukee on February 21, 1970, and to the priesthood on August 22, 1970. Jacobus was called to be curate at Trinity, Wauwatosa (197073). He then accepted the call to become vicar of Grace/Holy Innocents Mission in Hartland, which one year later became St. Anskar’s, with Jacobus as the first rector. In 1980 he was called to be rector of St. Matthias, Waukesha, where he served until his election as the seventh bishop of the Diocese Fond du Lac. During “walkabouts” preceding his election, Jacobus was clear about the style he would adopt as a bishop. He stated his nature was pastoral, not administrative, and if the diocese was looking for an administrator, it should look elsewhere. After being consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Fond du Lac on May 24, 1994, he was true to his word. His steady approach was to counsel those who needed help.
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Throughout his episcopate, the bishop encouraged exploring alternatives to the traditional ministry model of one full-time priest for each congregation. In an effort to generate increased income for the diocese, Jacobus changed the investment policies for the Diocesan Common Trust, which, by the end of his episcopate, had more than doubled. Having been a youth leader and recognizing the importance of young people’s involvement in the church, Jacobus supported youth work on a broad level. He hosted several dinners for young people considering ordination and encouraged involvement in diocesan youth events.
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church held a meeting in the diocese in 1999, where Jacobus presented to Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold the famous “Fond du Lac Circus” photo of the consecration of Reginald Weller in 1900. Pictured is Tikhon who had been invited by Bishop Grafton and would become the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Griswold presented this picture to Patriarch Alexy II when he met with him in Moscow later that year. By the time Jacobus retired in 2013, the diocese experienced improvements in almost every area of diocesan life: congregational organization and support, finances, more efficient committee and commission structures,
BISHOP DANIEL HERZOG (1941-2023) THE RT. REV. DANIEL W. HERZOG, ‘71, age 82 of Sauquoit, formerly of Ogdensburg, NY, died August 4, 2023, at his home. Herzog was born on July 9, 1941, in Ogdensburg, the son of William and Mary (Martin) Herzog. He graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in 1959. After earning degrees from St. Bonaventure and St. Lawrence University, Herzog served as the personnel director of the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center from 1967 to 1995.
The Rt. Rev. Russell Jacobus, ‘70, and the Rev. Jim Kaestner, ‘59, at a Nashotah House alumni luncheon in May 2023. (Photo: Andrew Hollinger)
enhanced and effective priest deployment, and better training and support for wardens and vestries. Following retirement, the bishop and Jerrie spent much of their time traveling, and spending time with family, particularly lavishing love on their twin granddaughters. Always possessing a heart for pastoral care, in his “retirement,” Jacobus served in two extended interim pastoral positions, including St. Michael’s, Orlando, FL, and St. Francis in the Fields, Louisville, KY. Credit: The Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac
During his employment at the SLPC, Herzog was ordained as both a deacon and priest in 1971. As a worker priest, he served at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ogdensburg from 1971 to 1976 and at Christ Church in Morristown from 1976 to 1995. After retirement from the SLPC in 1995, he moved to the Capital District and served as the rector of Christ Church in Schenectady from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, he was elected the eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany on the first ballot. He retired from the Diocese in 2007. In retirement, he assisted in both overseeing parish revitalizations and directing the healing center at Christ the King Center. He then became the priestin-charge at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Ilion, serving there for about five years. Most recently, Herzog ministered at the New Church Plant, Christ the King Anglican Mission in Utica. Surviving family members include his wife, Carol; his daughter, Mary (Herzog) Spanneut; his three sons, William, Michael, and John Herzog; and several grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, and his son, Justin. A funeral Mass was held on August 17 at the Christ the King Center, Greenwich, NY.
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NOTIFICATIONS OF DEATH THE REV. JEFFRY ANDREW BARNES, ‘76, died on July 3, 2023. Barnes was a former superintending presbyter of the Cheyenne River Mission in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. THE REV. JOHN A. BOWER, ‘63, died on July 20, 2023, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Moving to Chicago as a teenager, John and his mother became involved with St. James Cathedral. He attended University of Illinois at Navy Pier, later transferring to Northern Illinois University, where he met his future wife Louise Emenheiser at Canterbury Club, an Episcopal campus ministry. Following graduation, John attended seminary at Nashotah House while Louise taught school at Saint Mary’s Hall in Faribault, Minnesota. He was ordained a deacon and then a priest in 1963, the same year he and Louise married. As their family grew, he served three parishes in the Diocese of Chicago (Waukegan, Franklin Park, and Ottawa), before moving to Cincinnati to become chaplain at the Community of the
Transfiguration in Glendale. He moved back to West Virginia for one final full-time role in a historic church in Charles Town before returning to Cincinnati. Following retirement from full time ministry, Bower continued to spread and demonstrate the gospel in many ways. He took on a variety of supply and interim rector roles in the Diocese of Southern Ohio, including College Hill, Waynesville, Maineville, Washington Courthouse, and Lincoln Heights. THE REV. CANON BRUCE LEBARRON, a friend of Nashotah House, died on August 19, 2023, in Salina, Kansas. He was born in Jamestown, New York, on February 9, 1930, and served in the Episcopal Church for many years, laterally as an assistant priest at Christ Church Cathedral in Salina, assistant organist also at Christ Church Cathedral, an assisting priest for the Diocese of Western Kansas, church organist at St. John’s Military School Chapel, and chaplain at Presbyterian Manor, Salina.
THE REV. H. DAVID WILSON, ‘72, died on July 15, 2023. Prior to ordination, he was a rancher, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and served two cures during his 33 years as a priest, Christ Church in Denver, Colorado, and All Saints’ Church, Winter Park, Colorado.
NELSON PINDER COMMEMORATION DAY Churches around the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida will celebrated the inaugural Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder Commemoration Day on July 10. In accordance with a resolution passed at the 54th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Central Florida, the Commemoration Day of the late Rev. Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder, a 1959 graduate of Nashotah House, will be celebrated annually.
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Refectory recollections Vignettes from a 1950s-era alumnus
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helton Hall—the Refectory, as it was known in those days—was once the gathering place for students and faculty to enjoy orderly and dignified mealtimes. Faculty tables were situated on a “dais” facing the students. Student tables had their own order: juniors in the far back, middlers where they belonged (in the middle), and seniors nearest to the faculty. Breakfast and lunch were cafeteriastyle, but dinner was a formal affair. A student waiter was assigned to serve others at his table each week. The waiter wore a white server’s jacket of two buttons. It was cut at the hip, which was an advantage for a few of the students, and this was worn over a cassock. Though intended to encourage decorum, this formality lent itself all to easily almost anything that could be embarrassing. Once, a student unwittingly found his strawberry shortcake topped with shaving cream, rather the usual whipped cream variety. Upon his first mouthful, he leapt up screaming at the entire student body that he was being poisoned. He recovered. Later, the same student caused his own misery. On a night before spring exams, he absent-mindedly ate an entire box of dried apricots. The dried apricots cried out for water. He drank about a quart of water. Dried apricots and water love each other—it’s a kind a reunion for them. But their merging inevitably causes the host to have a distended stomach. This is painful. He walked the halls of Kemper, groaning
in pain until dawn and then tried to beg off his exams. He was treated with saltine crackers, spread with peanut butter on both sides, after which time he sang beautifully as he tried to pry then off of the roof of his mouth. This sort of thing only happened on Saturdays, of course—when the dean was not present. Our dean at the time loved Finnan Haddie on Fridays. Very few faculty showed up when this was to be served, and students also tried to be absent. One day it all happened to spill into the garbage can directly in front of the dean. A silly apology was made, but it was never served again. In 1957, a horrible blizzard descended on the area, creating a lockdown of all roads in Waukesha County. Students still had to eat, of course. And, since no classes were being held, several “gourmet cooks” availed themselves of an afternoon to prepare the best meal ever. It didn’t take long to walk into the refrigerator, take stock of all the delicious ingredients to be had, and set to work. In everyone’s estimation, it was the best food ever served in the Refectory—all without cassocks and white jackets. The dean and faculty were not invited. Strong admonitions were made to students afterward, but no inquiries were undertaken. These lips are forever sealed on this subject, as well as many others. Very few students and none of the faculty from that era are around to challenge the above narrative, so I’m sticking with it. -Anonymous
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FACULTY NEWS ARTICLES AND BOOKS GARWOOD ANDERSON, PhD, Dean and Professor of New Testament: »
“The Future of Anglican Theological Education: Philosophical Prescriptions,” Covenant, July 7, 2023.
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“The Future of Anglican Theological Education: Practical Prescriptions,” Covenant, July 6, 2023.
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“The Future of Anglican Theological Education: A Dean’s Diagnosis,” Covenant, July 5, 2023.
THE REV. HANS BOERSMA, PhD, Chair, Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ Endowed Professorship in Ascetical Theology: »
“The Relationship of Earth to Heaven.” In Why We Create: Reflections on the Creator, the Creation, and Creating. Ed. Jane Clark Scharl and Brian Brown, 1–14. Baltimore, MD: Square Halo Books, 2023.
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“The Unsurpassable Treasure.” In “Letters from the Synod – 2023: #2.” Ed. Xavier Rynne II. First Things, web exclusive. October 4, 2023.
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“Does God Have a Body?” Touchstone: A Journal
of Mere Christianity 36/5 (September/October 2023): 12–14. »
“Eucharistic Donkeys.” First Things, web exclusive. July 11, 2023.
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“Where Is the Wise? Conservatism, Maturity, and the Demonic.” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity 36/4 (July/August 2023): 3–4.
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“Open Communion Invites the Devil to the Table.” First Things, web exclusive. June 26, 2023.
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“Is the Anglican ‘Reset’ Truly Anglican?” Coauthored with Gerald McDermott and Greg Peters. First Things, June 9, 2023.
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“Toxic Feminism.” Review essay of Abigail Favale, The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. In Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity 36/3 (May/June 2023): 42–44.
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“O Taste & See! The Sweetness of Scripture Is Not Just for Beekeeping Monks.” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity 36/3 (May/June 2023): 29–33.
THE REV. THOMAS HOLTZEN, PhD, Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology: »
Oxford University Press will publish Holtzen’s book Newman and Justification in February 2024.
THE REV. PAUL WHEATLEY, PhD, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek:
THE REV. MATTHEW S.C. OLVER, PHD in September was named executive director and publisher of The Living Church Foundation. In addition to that role, he continues to teach courses as Affiliate Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House.
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Wheatley, Paul D. “Mark as Ritual Narrative: Anointing, Memorial, and Genre Signifiers in Mark 14:3–9.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 85, no. 3 (2023): 465–84.
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Wheatley, Paul D. “The Ritual Bridge between Narrative and Performance in the Gospel of Mark.” Religions 14, no. 9 (2023): 1104.
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Art House Dallas published an essay in its Origin study materials, titled “Jesus and the Reversal of Death in Mark 5.”
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A similar essay, titled “Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43,” was published on Covenant blog.
PODCASTS AND INTERVIEWS BOERSMA: » Holy C of E podcast on Pierced by Love with J.A. Franklin and Clinton Collister. September 13, 2023. » “You Were Made for This.” Bumper Sticker Faith podcast on Seeing God with Sam Kee and Mike Stanczak. August 30, 2023. » “Divine Reading: How to Practice Lectio Divina.” YouTube interview on Pierced by Love with Joshua Lewis and Michael Rowntree for Remnant Radio. July 31, 2023. » YouTube interview on Pierced by Love with Zé Bruno, Rafael Bello, André Pereira, and Lucas Sabatier for Entre Amigos Internacional. June 27, 2023. » “Seeing God: Why the Beatific Vision Changes Everything.” Webinar for the European Fraternity (europeanfraternity. com). Hosts: Floris Wagenaar and Chiara Bertoglio. June 27, 2023. » YouTube interview on Pierced by Love with Austin Suggs for Gospel Simplicity. June 22, 2023. » “Word and Silence.” Podcast interview on Pierced by Love with Mark Bauerlein for First Things. June 22, 2023. » Podcast interview with Dan Alger for the Always Forward Podcast. May 22, 2023. » Podcast Interview on Pierced by Love with Fr. Wesley Walker and Creighton McElveen for The Sacramentalists. May 29, 2023. » Podcast interview on Pierced by Love with Matthew Lee Anderson, Derek Rishmawy, and Alistair Roberts for Mere Fidelity. May 16, 2023.
RADVO 2023 In September, a delegation of Nashotah House faculty, staff, and students attended the 2023 RADVO Conference, hosted at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas. ABOVE: Dr. Garwood Anderson moderated a panel discussion on “Scripture and Unity in Anglicanism.” The Rev. Dr. Paul Wheatley was among the panelists, along with the Rev. Dr. Wesley Hill (Western Seminary), the Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler (Wheaton College), and the Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner (Wycliffe College). BELOW: A group photo of Nashotah House alumni, students, faculty, and staff in attendance at RADVO.
THE REV. GREG PETERS, PhD, Servants of Christ Research Professor of Monastic Studies and Ascetical Theology: » “Mystics, Monastics, and the Moderns Who Need Them.” An Interview with Grace Hamman on her recent book, Jesus Through Medieval Eyes: Beholding Christ with the Artists, Mystics, and Theologians of the Middle Ages (Zondervan, 2023). Christianity Today, October 23, 2023.
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PRESENTATIONS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AND WORKSHOPS ANDERSON: » Preached and taught at Grace Anglican Fellowship, Lake Forest, IL (June 2023). » Moderated a panel discussion on “Scripture and Unity in Anglicanism” at RADVO (September, 2023). » Preached and taught at The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Richardson, TX (September 2023). » Presented at “Pints with the Priest,” Grace Episcopal Church, Camden, SC (October 2023). » Presented “How Great a Salvation!” workshop, preached, and taught at Church of the Apostles, Columbia, SC (October 2023). » Led a manuscript Bible study workshop at St. Martin’s by the Lake Church, Minnetonka Beach, MN (October 2023). » Preached and taught at Messiah Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN (October 2023). » Preached at Church of the Redeemer, Sarasota, FL (November 2023). » Preached and taught at St.
Longtime Nashotah House Church History professor THE REV. CHARLES HENERY, THD, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination on Nov. 25, 2023, by celebrating Mass in the Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin. In 1983, Henery joined the faculty at Nashotah House. During his 25 years serving the House, he was the Helmuth Professor of Ecclesiastical History and the John Maury Allin Distinguished Professor of Homiletics. Later, he was named professor emeritus and has returned to the House periodically to teach 38 THE MISSIONER homiletics and church history.
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John’s Episcopal Church, Tampa, FL (November 2023). Preached and taught at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA (November 2023).
BOERSMA: » “Transfigurative Reading as Practice of Hope.” Lumen Research Institute Symposium on “Habits of Hope: Educational Practices for a Weary World.” Indianapolis, IN. September 19–20, 2024. » “Lectio Divina: Seeking the Face of God.” Four workshops in Cheltenham, UK. November 18, 2023. » “Creation as Love.” Alan Richardson Lecture. Michael Ramsey Centre for Anglican Studies and the Centre for Catholic Studies, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, Durham, UK. November 13, 2023. » “Reclaiming a Sacramental Mindset” (two keynote lectures); workshops: “Lectio Divina: Guigo’s Ladder of Monks” and “Sacramental Preaching”; Always Forward Conference, Greensboro, NC. September 27–29, 2023. » “The Sacramental Imagination.” St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, NH. September 24, 2023. » “Sacramental Preaching.” Webinar for Nashotah House alumni. September 7, 2023. » “Dionysius and Hierarchy: Why modernity is oppressive.” Evening Public Lecture. Regent College, Vancouver, BC. July 31, 2023. » “Seeing God: Why the beatific vision changes
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everything.” Webinar for the European Fraternity (europeanfraternity.com). June 27, 2023. “Re-formed Catholic Anglicanism on Hierarchical Power.” Conference on Re-formed Catholic Anglicanism. Church of the Holy Communion, Dallas, TX. May 31–June 2, 2023. “Re-formed Catholic Anglicanism on Justification.” File: “Irenaeus, Salvation, and the Renewal of Theology.” Conference on Re-formed Catholic Anglicanism. Church of the Holy Communion, Dallas, TX. May 31–June 2, 2023.
PETERS: » “Re-formed Catholic Anglicanism on Spirituality” and “Re-formed Catholic Anglicanism on Asceticism,” both at the Anglican Way Institute, Church of the Holy Communion Cathedral, Dallas, TX. WHEATLEY: » “Preaching Mark in Year B” for the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas Clergy Leadership Day on Nov. 3 and a similar presentation for clergy in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. » “Death, Where is Your Sting?” for Art House Dallas’s Origin series on mortality. » Panelist on “Scripture and Unity in Anglicanism” at RADVO (September 2023). » Preached and taught Sunday School at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Wausau, WI; St. David of Wales, Denton, TX; St. Francis in the Fields, Louisville, KY; All Souls, Oklahoma City, OK.
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