Watch the video above or read the transcript below: Who Is Your Neighbor? A few weeks ago, at 7:48 in the evening, I received a text that caught me off guard: “Hi Derek, sorry to bother you, but I’m not feeling well. I’m sitting on your neighbor’s steps to the right. Would you walk me […]
In September, Lisa Sharon Harper joined us on campus to speak on the Christian call to engage the tragedies in Gaza. Grounded in theology and a biblical vision of shalom, she shared a history of the conflict, beginning from Genesis into today’s violence, adding ethical and legal lenses from her studies. Dr. Dwight Friesen, Professor […]
In this second episode of Board Games & Mental Health, Jermaine Ma, Paul Hoard, and Paul Steinke continue their conversation around the intersection of board games, psychology, and theology while playing the game “Small World.” Paul Hoard sets the table for this episode, guiding us through the rules of the game, and talking about the nature of play as a psychic […]
Each year, The Seattle School offers the Stanley Grenz Lecture Series to advance theological discourse as an expression of faith and service in honor of former Professor Stanley Grenz, a prolific Christian scholar with a pastoral heart and deep intellectual presence. Womanist theologian and ordained minister Dr. Angela Parker joined The Seattle School on January […]
In this season of gathering and gaming, we want to share with you the first part of a series created by faculty and staff. Dr. Jermaine Ma, Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Paul Steinke, Vice President of Alumni & Community Relations, and Dr. Paul Hoard, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, began a conversation around their […]
This series of student work from a recent elective course offered to all our graduate students is a window into the integrations and intersections that are created in our curriculum and our classrooms at The Seattle School, not only in theology and psychology, but also social justice, ecology, local context, and individualized research. The Multimedia […]
Each year, The Seattle School offers the Stanley Grenz Lecture Series to advance theological discourse as an expression of faith and service in honor of former Professor Stanley Grenz, a prolific Christian scholar with a pastoral heart and deep intellectual presence. On January 13, 2023, we were grateful to have as our featured speaker Phil Allen, Jr., […]
In this video, Ben Oldham, Director of Enrollment, walks prospective students through the reasons we ask our applicants to participate in a group interview and how our group interviews offer an authentic experience of what it’s like to be a student at The Seattle School. Watch the video above or keep reading below to find […]
On September 27, 2020, we gathered online to celebrate The Seattle School’s 22nd commencement ceremony. Though later than anticipated due to the global pandemic and unlike any ceremony we’ve hosted in previous years, it was nonetheless a joy-filled occasion as we commemorated the graduating students in our Master of Divinity, MA in Theology & Culture, […]
Each year at commencement, the graduating class and faculty choose three students—one from each degree program—to offer words of blessing, calling, and conviction. Here, we’re sharing the full video and transcript of the speech given by Mercedes Robinson, Master of Theology and Culture, about what this graduating class has witnessed and survived, and the particular […]
Each year at commencement, the graduating class and faculty choose three students—one from each degree program—to offer words of blessing, calling, and conviction. Here, we’re sharing the full video and transcript of the exhortation given by Danielle Castillejo, Master of Counseling Psychology to her fellow graduates. You can also watch the speeches from Mercedes Robinson, […]
Each year at commencement, the graduating class and faculty choose three students—one from each degree program—to offer words of blessing, calling, and conviction. Here, we’re sharing the full video and transcript of the speech given by Megan Doner, Master of Divinity about the journey that led each graduate to the school, and the journey yet […]