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The Wycliffe Blog - Vestigia Dei
Vestigia Dei – is a Latin term meaning “traces of God.” As a theological term it is associated with natural theology – that is, the view that there are vestiges of God within creation. We’ve chosen this term as the title of the Wycliffe College blog because our hope is that through these writings, readers might glimpse evidences for God as our writers interact with the wider world.
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Spelling GraceBy Nate Wall A month ago Frederick Buechner died at age ninety-six. During that windfall of years, in which he served as a high-school chaplain, was ordained a Presbyterian minister, raised a family, and worked his unusually enchanted way with words, Buechner wrote a book that I read again each year. It came to me as a gift from a dear friend. It’s called The Alphabet of Grace. Imagine Augustine’s Confessions—that... |
Wed, September 14, 2022 |
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Rebuilding communityBy Stephen Andrews Many positive things can be said about the benefits of online education. While in-person classes were largely suspended over the last two years because of the pandemic, students did not have to suspend their lives or learning. Wycliffe students were still able to proceed in their programs. In fact, among the 53 who walked across the graduation stage last May, there were some who obtained their degrees without ever having... |
Mon, September 12, 2022 |
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Q&A with Lissa Wray Beal: The power of the Word of GodBy Wycliffe Communications On August 1, 2022, Lissa Wray Beal joined the faculty of Wycliffe College as Professor of Old Testament. In the early days after her move to Toronto, she took time to participate in a conversation with Communications Director Patricia Paddey. An edited version follows.
Q: Tell us about your faith journey. LWB: I grew up in a family of church attenders. My dad always had a very quiet but... |
Fri, August 19, 2022 |
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Embracing less certainty, more dependanceBy Melissa Ytsma Over the past few months, I’ve had the absolute privilege of completing my Summer Parish Internship in İzmir, Türkiye (the new official name for Turkey). I was given the opportunity to immerse myself in the lives of the local believers; from going on camping trips to helping run a weekly English Club to facilitating a Bible study, I learned what it is like to live out your faith in a... |
Mon, August 15, 2022 |
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The benefits and challenges of an international internshipBy Wycliffe Communications Gwen Allison has finished her first year in the MDiv program at Wycliffe College. She is a candidate for ordination with the Anglican Church of Canada in the Diocese of Rupert’s Land. When a ministry opportunity came for her husband in Vienna, Austria this summer, Gwen seized the chance to find her own internship placement with a church there—Christ Church Vienna. In this Q&A, she shares her experience.
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Wed, August 10, 2022 |
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Ridding the world of AngelasBy Jeremy McClung Wycliffe PhD candidate Jeremy McClung’s presentation “Ridding the World of Angelas" was recently declared the winner of the Toronto School of Theology’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition. 3MT® is an internationally recognized research communication competition that started in 2008 at the University of Queensland in Australia. Since then it has gained popularity, with over 600 universities in 65 countries holding annual competitions. 3MT challenges graduate students to concisely summarize the content and significance of... |
Tue, May 03, 2022 |
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The place of online learning in theological educationBy Peter Robinson At the beginning of March, the Angus Reid Institute ran a poll surveying those who were anticipating a return to work. The poll revealed that after two years of working at home many employees aren’t sure that they want to return to the office. This is particularly true in cities like Toronto where during COVID many people moved further and further out of the city in a desire to find... |
Mon, April 18, 2022 |
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Thinking that's hard to find in other placesBy Mark Elliott Looking ahead to next month's Scripture and Theology Colloquium, we asked Professorial Fellow and Symposium organizer Mark Elliott (ME below) what participants can expect.
Q: How did the Scripture and Theology Colloquium get started? ME: The Scripture and Theology Colloquium dates back to 2008 when Christopher Seitz and Ephraim Radner had the idea to discuss (alternately) biblical books and theological topics by inviting specialist... |
Mon, April 11, 2022 |
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Reflections on Divine Providence for times like theseBy Mark W. Elliott I can recall as a pre-school infant asking my parents about the likelihood of nuclear war, which seemed an ever-present danger in the UK of the early 1970s. This is not to say that I attribute any particular ongoing state of personal anxiety since then to this experience! However, a background climate of fear (nuclear disaster, environmental disaster) can have a paralyzing effect as well as a... |
Mon, April 04, 2022 |
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Listening to the NewsBy Ann Jervis Do you, like me, have a complicated relationship with the news? I find it almost magnetic—I want to know “what is going on,” to think myself part of current social dramas. I also find the news disorienting and discomfiting—it depicts a world out of control. I am both drawn to my news feeds and feel a strong caution about how they are affecting me. I understand... |
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