Last week, we featured a reflection from Dr. Dan Allender about Spotlight, winner of the 2016 Best Picture Oscar. Now we turn to another big winner from this year’s Academy Awards: Mad Max: Fury Road, which received an impressive 10 Oscar nominations and 6 wins. Here, Kate Rae Davis, Human Resources Generalist and 2015 Master […]
During Lent, we remember the 40 days Jesus fasted in the wilderness, and we mark our own periods of wilderness, grief, fasting, and doubt—our need, ultimately, for resurrection. Here, Jessica Hoekstra, a second-year MA in Counseling Psychology student, shares a poem wrestling with how doubt, anxiety, and sadness affect her understanding of humanity, divinity, and […]
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 […]
Last year, Dr. Caprice Hollins, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology and Practicum Leader at The Seattle School, released a new book co-authored with her business partner, Ilsa Govan. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Strategies for Facilitating Conversations on Race is intended for anyone who hopes to learn more about facilitating dialogue around racial differences and divisions […]
This week marks the first days of Lent, a liturgical season marked by repentance, prayer, and fasting to prepare our hearts for Resurrection Sunday. Here, Daniel Tidwell (MDiv ‘10), Alumni Programs Coordinator, writes about what repentance looks like for the prophetic voices who confront our world’s deepest wounds and aches. In the tradition of Christian […]
Central to our work of educating and training therapists, artists, pastors, and leaders is the crucial calling to study and tell the stories of our deepest wounds—and to help others to the same. Here, Paul Quinlivan (MA in Counseling Psychology ‘15 and MA in Theology & Culture ‘14), an Assistant Instructor at The Seattle School, […]
Last October, we hosted the first annual Symposia: An Intersection of Conversation & Innovation, a forum in which alumni of The Seattle School presented the ongoing work they are pursuing at the intersection of text, soul, and culture. Integrative education does not end at graduation, and our alumni are proof of that. Symposia highlighted the […]
Newcomers to Seattle often find it hard to not get swept up in the hometown excitement for the Seattle Seahawks—which, with the Super Bowl just over a week away, feels a bit more like grief these days. Here, Sherri Hainje, an MA in Counseling Psychology student at The Seattle School, writes that her affinity for […]
The Seattle School has reserved a portion of its public space on both the second and third floors to display and honor art created by students, staff, faculty, alumni, and artists from the greater Seattle area. These gallery spaces are curated by students in conversation with faculty and seek to represent an experience of our […]
The Seattle School has reserved a portion of its public space on both the second and third floors to display and honor art created by students, staff, faculty, alumni, and artists from the greater Seattle area. These gallery spaces are curated by students in conversation with faculty and seek to represent an experience of our […]
A few weeks ago during a family hike in the foothills of Colorado, my 12-year-old daughter pulled alongside me on the trail. Without warning, she asked me the most stunning (and difficult) question: “Dad, why did you start a ministry focused on men and boys? Aren’t girls important too?” At first my heart broke, knowing […]
As the first week of classes in 2016 comes to a close, we are all still wondering what this new year will hold, wondering what changes and challenges lie ahead. Here, Bethany Foelber, a first-year student in the MA in Counseling Psychology program, writes about the disconnect she feels between the unresolved experiences of the […]