John McVay

Walla Walla University president

By John McVay

A Valuable and Significant Journey

April 11, 2018, by John McVay

The Walla Walla University community gathered last month in our campus church sanctuary in a challenging context. A few days before, university administrators began exploring reports of a social media post that featured a small group of WWU studen...

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WWU President Addresses Racism [WWU]

April 03, 2018, by John McVay

On April 3, John McVay, Walla Walla University (WWU) president, addressed a campus-wide assembly regarding the core values of the university. In his comments, which included a response to a recent racist social media post on campus, McVay called f...

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The Reformation at 500

August 30, 2017, by John McVay

On the eve of All Saints Day, October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, a professor at the new University of Wittenberg in Germany, shares 95 statements, or theses, as a call to scholarly discussion. The theses are composed in Latin, the language of schola...

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Making Way for Ministry

January 05, 2015, by John McVay

Friday afternoons can seem slow at Walla Walla University. After a week of rigorous classwork, it seems reasonable our students would ease up in anticipation of Sabbath rest.

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Answering the Call of a Sabbath Jubilee

December 16, 2013, by John McVay

The congregation uses a set of assigned Bible verses for each Sabbath service. So it is reverently that the assistant, the hazzan, places the correct scroll in the Guest’s arms. With matching respect, the Guest unrolls the scroll, finds the correc...

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A Sabbath Jubilee

December 03, 2013, by John McVay

Walla Walla University, in service of its mission and core themes, will pursue a Decade of Sabbath Jubilee — celebrating and sharpening the best of who we are and what God has called us to be: a university offering unparalleled higher education in...

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Reflections on the Theology and Practice of Ordination in the Seventh-day Adventist Church

November 15, 2012, by John McVay

This document, entitled “Reflections on the Theology and Practice of Ordination in the Seventh-day Adventist Church,” was presented in October 2012 by Dr. John McVay, incoming president of Walla Walla University, as part of the work done by the No...

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The Handiwork of God

January 01, 2011, by John McVay

The story broke on November 12. A woman and her son, cleaning out a house in a London suburb, come across an old, dusty vase. Is it just a cheap imitation of the real thing? Should they bother having it evaluated?But the vase does have some unique...

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Creation: A Matter of Science or Faith?

October 01, 2009, by John McVay

"Walla Walla University is founded on Christian teaching and values as understood and appreciated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church."That first sentence in our Philosophy of Education Statement emphasizes our privilege and responsibility for pro...

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