On October 5, 2019, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology hosted our fifth annual Symposia, featuring presentations by twelve alumni and Dr. Chelle Stearns as keynote speaker. The spirit of dialogue and collaboration behind Symposia is rooted in this basic premise: We all have much to offer, and we all have much to learn. […]
An Introduction from Dr. Kj Swanson: Every other year the Seattle School offers the course SFD (Spiritual Formation & Direction) 523 Spirituality & the Arts and with each offering, the instructor has focused on a particular form of art as a way to explore spiritual practices and how the arts can inform and sustain spiritual […]
As we welcomed a new cohort of students to our community, Dr. J. Derek McNeil called upon these new and returning learners to deeply consider the question: How can you come to graduate school and serve? Watch Dr. J. Derek McNeil’s address to our incoming cohort: “text.soul.culture is a vehicle. The purpose clause is to […]
“In the US, race takes a particular form. Indians in the US and more broadly South Asians have, like every other cultural group that is raised upon migration, a framework for understanding race. More often than not these frameworks are less visible and more likely to be dismissed by notions of immigrants as people who […]
Dan Allender shared these convicting words during Convocation on September 14, 2019, at St. Mark’s Cathedral. Read his full address as he calls upon each of us to be open, humble, and to come into a better love. For us all this is a phenomenal beginning, and a gracious gift of God to have you […]
President J. Derek McNeil, PhD, invites incoming students to not only an informing but formative experience at The Seattle School. “I sat with a student one day and she said to me, ‘This school takes your whole body.’ Do you really want to get into this? Do you really want to give that much? Learning […]
My family’s journey to Seattle has marked our lives in more ways than we could have imagined. After searching for a school that fit my husband’s desire to engage theology and social justice, and to also provide training for mental health counseling, we discovered The Seattle School. After visiting, we felt sure that this was […]
Every year at Commencement, a faculty member delivers a charge to the graduating class as they prepare to go and live into their callings. Here, Dr. Angela Parker, Affiliate Faculty for Biblical Studies, charges graduates to leave their career as students here with a changed voice. You can also view the entire Commencement ceremony here. […]
Soon, you will cross the narrow threshold at 2501 Elliott Ave, stepping from the weathered smells of saltwater and railroad tracks into the scents of coffee, books, and the stories that have been and are still forming in and around you. The Seattle School is a community of intentional forming and re-forming, and in that […]
There are many important rhythms taking place throughout the year here, but few leave the building looking and sounding as beautiful as the Artist Residency. The Artist Residency is an annual opportunity for members of our community to spend a week in the building, making the space their own as they create art both individually […]
Every year at Commencement, the graduating class and faculty select three students—one from each degree program—to offer words of blessing and calling. Here, we’re sharing the full video and text of the speech by Sarah Steinke (MA in Counseling Psychology), about celebrating the continuous faithful choice to serve others.. You can also view the speeches […]
Every year at Commencement, the graduating class and faculty select three students—one from each degree program—to offer words of blessing and calling. Here, we’re sharing the full video and text of the speech by Cameron Carter, MA in Theology & Culture, about transitioning from the death of an ending into the resurrection of hope and […]