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An Academic and Community Conference Hosted by VST’s Inter-Religious Studies Program The world is changing. Our politics, economics, climate, and health are under stress. Old social divisions are intensifying. New coalitions are forming. We’re examining the justice of relationships in and between community institutions. People of faith, along with others, feel called to take action. ...

A workshop with The Rev. Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger. This workshop will address the challenge of keeping your heart open with compassion while witnessing so much suffering in and around us. How do we keep our spirits alive when: we are weighed down by the nightly news, we struggle to make a living while raising ...

Many Christians, including great theologians like Thomas Aquinas, think that we have an obligation to “repay” God for the kindness God shows us. In this lecture, I hope to show why this is not a good way to practice gratitude to God. Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity ...

Join John Swinton as he discusses the “Hidden” Side Effects of Covid 19: Moving towards a prophetic spirituality of lamentation, justice and peace. John Swinton is professor of practical theology and pastoral care at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and founding director of the Centre for Spirituality, Health,and Disability at Aberdeen. He is the author, ...

Thomas Merton reminds us that we are "created for JOY" and invited to join God in "the mysterious dance of creation." How do we awaken this joy and join creation's dance? How do we embody its rhythms and share its songs? What does Merton have to teach us about dancing joyfully in life's waters whether ...

As we enter the season of lent… An invitation to lament, intercede, look forward to resurrection hope and worship together as a community of faith across Canada. Facilitated by Rev. Dr. Connie denBok Alderwood United Church, ON Liturgy by Students of Vancouver School of Theology supervised by the Rev. Grant Rodgers, Director of Anglican Formation, ...

Are you feeling a call to engage your faith more deeply? Are you curious how a theological degree may influence the course of your life? Then be an Explorer! Join VST Online for our Annual Explorer’s Weekend Register early to receive your Explorer’s Package Over the course of this weekend you will be able to ...

G. Peter Kaye Lectures Keynote Speaker Prof. Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University Jesus and his first followers were Jews, thoroughly grounded in Jewish Scripture, Jewish ethics and theology, and Jewish hopes. To understand the New Testament is thus to recover Jewish history. Yet ignorance of this history sometimes leads to New Testament sermons and studies that ...

God’s Future Calls Supporting Thoughtful, Engaged & Generous Leadership through VST The Vancouver School of Theology invites you to join us on October 7 for the #Chancellor’sREVEAL – a virtual tour with our leadership team of our campus and our future, as we anticipate our 50th Anniversary in 2021. FOR MORE INFO & TO RSVP ...

Just because the doors are closed, doesn’t mean the school is not open. Experience the excellent online environment at VST through a Zoom Open House. Meet the principal, talk to current students, staff and faculty. There will be plenty of time for questions. Perhaps you will feel inspired to take a summer school course; or ...