Carrie Cates received her Master of Divinity and MA in Theology & Culture from The Seattle School. She is a theater artist who specializes in creating original works. Most recently, Carrie was a company member and creator with Blood Ensemble. She has also performed around Seattle with Macha Monkey, Pony World Theater, Rogue Theatrics, Seattle Beckett Fest, and the TBA Collaborative in Edinburgh. Carrie is one of the facilitators of the MDiv student group, Eagle & Child, practices martial arts, and plays the mandolin in the two-woman singalong cover band Bones of My Foremothers.
As part of The Seattle School’s 19th Commencement ceremony, a student from each degree program was nominated by their peers to share reflections on their time at the school and the transition into the next season of life. Here, Carrie Cates, who received her Master of Divinity, invites her class to keep singing with the […]
At the end of every academic year, we host the Integrative Project symposium, in which The Seattle School’s alumni, current students, faculty, staff, and the Seattle community at large are invited to witness and celebrate the bold, thoughtful, and creative work of our graduating Master of Divinity and MA in Theology & Culture students. For […]
As we continue to move through the Lenten season of prayer, fasting, and repentance, and as the life in the earth slowly fights its way back to the surface, we remember that we are invited to participate in ongoing creation and recreation with our entire beings—heart, soul, mind, and body. Here, Carrie Cates, a third-year […]
We are all confronted with a variety of messages that vie to narrate our lives. The voices of fear and shame sometimes feel more familiar, but the voice of love offers something that is so much richer. Here, Carrie Cates, a third-year Master of Divinity student, writes about the two gospels—one of fear and one […]
Today on the Stories blog, Carrie Cates, a second-year Master of Divinity student, joins the ongoing conversation about life as an artist at The Seattle School. Here Carrie reflects on worrying about Art, dry-bone valleys, and the animating inspiration of the breath of God. In case you missed them, check out previous entries from Kelly […]