By Mark Michael

Fr. Mowers said he has become more attuned to the region’s problem of “hidden homelessness” because he also serves St. John’s Church in Portage, Wisconsin, where the former rectory is used as transitional homeless shelter.

By Hans Boersma, Ph.D.

Who would have thought that a virus would make us reflect deeply on what it means to be the church? Yet COVID-19 has brought into sharp relief the basic divide in North American Christianity between those who think of the church as a voluntary association of like-minded individuals and those who believe it is the real body of Christ, into which we are incorporated.

By Jim Watkins, Ph.D.

The balanced and harmonious composition of The Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas challenges our sense that faith and learning are competing priorities in a school.

“And these priests serve wherever God calls them – from parish priests, chaplains, and bishops, to teachers, missionaries, and church planters, the alumni and the people they serve benefit from the formation of the whole person through worship and Christian service. The Body of Christ is nourished; and God is glorified.” 

By The Rev. Mark Hatch

The Rev. Dale Van Wormer, a 27-year-old graduate of Nashotah House, found himself directly in the eye of the storm. Details of his ordination changed rapidly as the coronavirus crisis escalated.

By The Rev. Jason S. Terhune, ‘15

Visit us at Nashotah House, whether ‘virtually’ or in person. Meet the people that make up the faculty, students, and staff at our seminary. We are happy to help answer any questions you have. Below is an inside look with Nashotah House’s Executive Vice-President, Labin Duke, and his family. Enjoy!

Live podcast with Matt Lynch interviewing Garwood Anderson about his book ‘Paul’s New Perspective’ (IVP, 2016) at Shelton Hall (pictured above), Nashotah House.

One of the odd, we might say paradoxical, features of Christian living is the experience of these two sides of the paschal mystery simultaneously. For example, Paul himself narrates in 2 Corinthians how “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be visible in our bodies” (4: 8-10). This “life of Jesus” (which can be none other than the resurrected life of Jesus) manifests itself as an abiding hope in the midst of our trials.

By the Rev. Julia Gatta, Ph.D.

By The Rev. Canon Aaron Zook, ‘12

he functional difference between our diaspora and the Babylonian Exile is that we have all been scattered together.

The Rev. Dr. Esau McCaulley, ’13

Holy Saturday reminds us, as the Sabbath itself does, that for all our activity our hope is not in the things that we do. Our hope is in the God who created all and instituted the day of rest to remind us of our limits.

A discussion with The Rev. Christian Wood, ‘16, and The Rev. Dr. Thomas Holtzen Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Nashotah House; and The Rev. Dr. Matthew S. C. Olver Assistant Professor of Liturgics and Pastoral Theology at Nashotah House.

By The Rev. Steve Rice, D.Min., ‘15

Time (speed) may be our generation’s Tower of Babel. 5G, Amazon Prime, livestream, etc., our subtle and unconscious efforts toward divinity. Coronatide may be the thing that slows the advance. Perhaps the gift of Coronatide is that very reminder: the Son of God acts upon all time but is not himself measured by it.

By Geoffrey Williams, D.M.A.

At Nashotah House, our choral scholars practice the musical expression of the interpretation of music for our twice daily worship. It is our responsibility as present and future leaders to be well-versed in the traditions and trends in church music so that we might best offer glimpses of beauty.

“We have been blessed in being able to serve in parishes where many wonderful traditions existed,” Bishop Keith Ackerman, St. Timothy’s Church, Fort Worth.

By Elisabeth Kincaid, Ph.D.

For the first time for many of us in contemporary America, the veil of enjoyment has been tugged back to allow more than mere glimpses but a sustained contemplation of the sorrow and brokenness which lies at the heart of the world.

The Daily Office during the Sacred Triduum at Nashotah House.

By The Rev. Scott Allen Seefeldt, ‘07

The question is not whether we will be thirsty. Thirst is just part of being human. Whether we will have eyes to see the deeper, spiritual longing to which our physical thirst points is a matter of perspective.

This year, most of us will be in our homes during all of Holy Week and Easter. Yet, even as we sit at kitchen tables, or living rooms, or even our backyards, we will join in the celebration with angels, archangels, and all the company of heaven--and God’s church will carry on, even in this challenging time.

Part one of this essay considered questions of administering Holy Communion during the pandemic as well as the question of whether or not to hold public worship. Today I consider the responsibilities of clergy and the faithful and offer some practical resources and suggestions for worship in these disruptive times.

By the Rev. Matthew S.C. Olver, Ph.D.