Editorial

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.

Dr. Curt Thompson, who will visit The Seattle School April 20-21, writes about empathy that compels us to action on behalf of each other.

As we observe Maundy Thursday and Jesus washing the feet of the disciples, Dr. Dan Allender recalls his own experience of feet-washing and what it revealed to him about the holiness of tender touch that is too much to bear.

As we near the end of the Lenten season, here’s a roundup of a few of the resources that are helping ground us in this season. May they allow you to pause, breathe, and feel the movement and hope of new life—even long after Easter Sunday has passed.

As we near the end of our Lenten journey, Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Senior Vice President of Academics, reminds us that the challenges of the wilderness are part of the quest toward transformation and the call to collective healing.

In his Charge to the President at the Inauguration of Dr. Craig Detweiler, Dr. Roy Barsness offers a charge to us all, an exhortation to remember, restore, and reimagine.

Beau Denton writes about the Lenten invitation to wait in the wilderness without looking for a quick, shallow fix—an invitation to the kind of healing that only comes when we witness and acknowledge each other’s pain.

Brittany Deininger explores the ways that metaphors shape how we view the world, speak of God, and think about that which seems beyond language.

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.

As we pursue hard, meaningful work and wrestle with challenging realities, Heather reminds us that a little bit of childlike playfulness can go a long way.

Dr. Ron Ruthruff writes that “denying yourself” is about something much more revolutionary than the shame-based messages we may have heard.

The Seattle School community came together on a Monday evening last month for the State of the School address. The annual gathering is an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to hear updates from the school’s president about changes, challenges, and opportunities facing The Seattle School, and to ask questions and share feedback. “Since its […]