“Lift Every Voice and Sing” with Stephen Michael Newby, Part Two
Dr. Chelle Stearns continues her conversation with composer Stephen Michael Newby about his work inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., and how it intersects with our cultural moment.
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Finding Home in an Accelerated Age with Dr. Craig Detweiler
Craig Detweiler talks about six months as President, adaptive resilience, the importance of home, and The Seattle School’s next chapter.
Storytelling and Resilience with Nikkita Oliver
On the text.soul.culture podcast, Shauna Gauthier talks with artist and community organizer Nikkita Oliver about her formation, her work in Seattle, and the difference between natural and forced resilience.
Roundup: Podcasts We Love
Seattle School community members share about the podcasts they’re enjoying these days, and about the best episodes to dive in.
Not A Luxury: On Women’s Voices and National Poetry Month
As we move through National Poetry Month, Brittany Deininger shares some of her favorite contemporary women poets, reminding us that poetry is a place of radical resistance and beautiful intersectionality.
Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Conversation with Stephen Michael Newby
Dr. Chelle Stearns, violinist and Associate Professor of Theology at The Seattle School, recently sat down for a conversation with composer Stephen Michael Newby, Associate Professor of Music at Seattle Pacific University, which we’re excited to share with you today. Dr. Newby has composed two large-scale works based on the life and writings of Dr. […]
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.
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.