All Bodies Are Good Bodies
Lindsay Braman writes about how open water in Croatia invited her to honor her body, and the bodies of others, in a way that defies the shame-based messages of our culture.
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All the Stars Are Closer
Heather Casimere writes about how Black Panther opened up space for her to visualize, celebrate, and draw closer to who she is and where she comes from.
Three Billboards, Flannery O’Connor, and Our Capacity for Good and Evil
Brittany Deininger explores how Three Billboards, like Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find, challenges our conceptions of anger, violence, and the polarities of humanity embodied in each of us.
The Road to Seattle with Dr. Craig Detweiler
This week on text.soul.culture, Dr. Derek McNeil sits down with The Seattle School’s new president, Dr. Craig Detweiler, to talk about his journey to Seattle. Craig shares about some of his formative experiences and reflects on what drew him to The Seattle School.
Curiosity, Deep Listening, and Season Two of text.soul.culture
In the first episode of our new season, Dr. Derek McNeil and Nicole Greenwald look back on Season One, talk about how this podcast is evolving, and reflect on the thoughtful discourse that is at the heart of text.soul.culture.
Roundup: Movies That Change How We See the World
With awards season underway, we’re looking back at the past year in film and reflecting on the ways that movies affect how we view ourselves and the world around us.
A Call to Dignity: Humanity Through Community Panel Discussion
Watch a panel discussion about resilience and justice following Nikkita Oliver’s vital talk at Humanity Through Community.
A New Take on Resilience with Nikkita Oliver
Watch Nikkita Oliver’s vibrant and powerful call for us to re-consider how we talk about resilience and justice.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Trauma
The Seattle School is committed to raising up truth-tellers and agents of change in a world that so desperately needs both.
Vinegar, Oil, and the Soul of Solitude
“Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.” – Jane Hirshfield When we think of the tools of an artist, we may visualize tangible elements of the worktable: brushes, typewriters, endless spools of thread and paper and canvas. However, the intangible means nearly every artist, theologian, and thinker employs is something we both crave […]
We Are Worldless Without One Another: An Interview with Judith Butler
In this interview with Judith Butler, her work is considered in light of the recent events at Standing Rock and the 2016 presidential election. Housed within The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, The Other Journal is a bi-annual print and digital journal that aims to create space for Christian interdisciplinary reflection, exploration, and expression at the intersection of theology and culture. This article was originally published on The Other Journal.
A Richer Theology through Communal Lament with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
How is lamenting alongside people with different cultural backgrounds than our own transformative? What are the consequences of avoiding lament in our culture and in our churches? How might communal lament draw us toward a truer understanding of the kingdom of God? In episode 11 of text.soul.culture, Dr. Soong-Chan Rah joins Dr. J. Derek McNeil to discuss these questions and more. Dr. Rah is the Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary and the author of several books. His life work has revolved around theology, lament, and racial reconciliation.