Issue: Summer 2024
Published bi-annually by the Vancouver School of Theology, Perspectives magazine explores contemporary issues in theological education, and challenges the frontiers of new thought.
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To the Community of VST
It was a great privilege to visit VST again many years after I had graduated. I went with my wife Grace on the 21st of March 2024. Thank you to Princi ...
Epiphany Enlightenment
January is a time of new beginnings and hopeful resolutions—a time for new opportunities to explore bright ideas. In the theological world, it is a ...
Creativity Keeps the Crises at Bay
During my time at VST, my growing edge often came through my desire to have one foot in the classroom and the other rooted in congregational life. The ...
Open Minds, by the Grace of God
My education at VST prepared me for life in a congregational setting by giving me a sense of confidence in scripture, the Christian tradition, and the ...
Coffee & the Holy Spirit
Could you tell me a little bit about the congregational setting that you’re in?
I work at St. James’ in the Downtown East Side. I know peopl ...
All Who are Thirsty
As a student minister doing my first VST Field Education project, I served a church in rural England with the intention of “learning how to be a spi ...
Learning & Growing for Ministry
I have been blessed to be called to minister in two unique Presbyterian Church settings in two different places in Canada. After leaving VST I receive ...
Beauty & the Birds
I live on a river delta, where the Fraser River meets the Georgia Strait and the Pacific Ocean in Richmond, British Columbia. The confluence of ocean ...