Culture

Kristen Gilfillan presents her powerful talk from Symposia 2018 on diet culture, body oppression, and “A Life-giving Vision of Fat Bodies in the Church.”

Luke Wilson writes that the ways we give and receive a gift has much to say about our relationship with the land and people around us.

Brooke Wellman shares a diptych painting inspired by the classic carol “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and the hope for glimpses of peace and light in our world.

Stephanie Johnson writes about the sacred land around us, the narrative of her family tree, and the complexity of the gifts we hold at Thanksgiving.

Dr. Esther Meek offers a stirring call to pursue integration in a fragmented and dis-integrated world at the 2018 Stanley Grenz Lecture Series.

In these Integrative Project videos, two MDiv students wrestle with the deep-seated realities of white supremacy in our lives, families, and churches.

Jennifer Fernandez writes that anger is not just a social or political necessity; it is in line with a long line of prophetic theological thought.

David Rice offers a pastoral call to lean into the division-crossing love that might help foster a new kind of discourse.

Dr. Craig Detweiler, President of The Seattle School, offers a response to the groundbreaking new film Crazy Rich Asians.

Beau Denton reflects on what the story of Tahlequah the orca might reveal about our collective need for—and terror of—grief that sparks action.

Katie Lin looks back on “Disney, Fairy Tales, and Feminist Theory,” reflecting on the art of storytelling and fairy tales as an avenue to the unconscious.

Hannah Martin explores how, even as storytellers offer new images of masculinity, the role of fragile, passive women still persists.