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.
Editorial
The Seattle School Receives $1 Million Grant for Ministry Leadership Initiative
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the new Resilience for Sustainable Leadership program.
Afresh
As we continue to settle into 2018, Heather Casimere writes about how the Pacific Northwest’s wildness renewed her desire to pursue the work of healing and growth.
The Seattle School Welcomes Dr. Craig Detweiler as President
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology welcomes Dr. Craig Detweiler as its new president, effective January 1. Dr. Detweiler is The Seattle School’s third president and succeeds Dr. Keith Anderson, who served for 12 years before retiring in October.
Northwest Commission to Visit The Seattle School in April
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities will conduct a site visit on the campus of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, April 16-18, 2018.
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 […]
Silent Night: A Place of Refuge
“Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.”—Luke 2:10 That original “Silent Night” celebrated in song was not easy to secure. The Holy Mother was a pregnant teen on the move. Mary and Joseph had to deal with an oppressive, occupying government. They crossed canyons […]
Of Stellar Proportions
Let me tell you how stars are born. A ripple perturbs the cloudy deep of a nebula, and gathers its dust into dense thickets. The gravity of matter binds one of these clusters together and it attracts more dust and gas, until its own immensity compels it to burn. A proto-star is formed—a newborn. Yet […]
Intentionality of a Cargo Ship
My paternal grandfather was a great man. He was a flawed man, of course, but he was great. Broad-shouldered. Brown-skinned. Staunch-faced, yet quick to grin. He loved strong. Faithed-wide. One of the things he was, was a longshoreman. A few weeks ago, I attended a play with some friends. It took place in the old […]
Rehearsing the Stories and Songs of Exile
The Advent season begins four Sundays before Christmas day and serves to help shift our focus and expectations towards the coming of the Christ. Overstimulated and distracted, many of us come into the season weary and in need of a space of preparation. Advent, the shared practice of exploring the themes of hope, peace, joy, […]
Rhythm of Expectation
Each human soul, entering into the beat of the longing, joins the rhythm of expectation and waiting. We yearn. We wait. We weep.
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.