The Washington Theological Consortium Board of Trustees voted to receive the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in Washington, DC as the newest Consortium member as of July 1, 2020. Along with Associate and Affiliate members of the Consortium, MOTB will enhance Consortium and member school programs under a new category of membership: “Public Educational Institution” that has direct relevance for…
MoreWe are at a tipping point in history that can become a kairos moment filled with divine purpose and change. In light of the global pandemic and the growing cries for racial justice filling U.S. streets, I find myself turning more and more to prayers that imparts the humility of faith and the courage of working with others for deep justice…
MoreThe Council of Deans of the Washington Theological Consortium will hold a Faculties’ Convocation this fall on “Toward Anti Racist Theology and Practice: Transforming our Teaching.” More recently, almost all of the Consortium schools and members have made statements and pledged to work on these issues during this turning point in race-relations and justice work….
MoreThe sight of our Spring Friends’ event, St. John’s Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square in Washington DC, became a battleground this week. Damaged June 1 by a small group of vandals who hi-jacked an otherwise peaceful protest in DC, the church survived without major damage to the historic sanctuary. The next day, the Square was cleared of peaceful protesters by…
MoreAn updated prayer resource from last year seems even more fitting for today’s pandemic crisis….
MoreFor those sick and afraid, may your word “fear not” reach their hearts….
MoreThe coronovirus brings a kind of “judgment” by exposing weaknesses in society and our lives….
MoreSee the video of the remarkable Figel address given by the recipient of the Consortium’s Ecumenism Award, Msgr. Paul McPartlan. He makes the case for the Eucharist as the key to recent and future dialogues around Christian unity. If the Eucharist is at the heart of the Church, and if various churches and ecclesial communities can affirm its central meaning…
MoreSee the video of the remarkable Tachmindji 2019 panel: “The Power of Community: the Journey of a Former White Supremacist.” This event featured a focused discussion lead by Marc Gopin of George Mason University with three young adults: Matthew Stevenson, Alison Gornick, and Derek Black, about one’s transition from a world of white privilege and dominance to one of greater…
MoreThe statement below, adopted by the WTC Boards in November of 2018, sadly remains relevant into 2020. Recent acts of violence at an Hasidic Rabbi’s home in New York and a shooting at a Christian Church in Texas add to the string of attacks against Muslims in New Zealand, Christians in Sri Linka, and Jews across the nation: from the…
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