Intersections at The Seattle School
Keeping Hope Alive in Palestine: Interview with Areej Masoud
Areej is a Palestinian Christian woman from Bethlehem and the founder of Khayari Women’s Leadership and Economic Empowerment Organization. In a September 2025 interview with Dwight Friesen, Professor of Practical Theology at The Seattle School, Areej spoke about. Areej spoke about her experiences having been born and raised under occupation and what it meant to […]
Body Becoming: A Book Event with Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza
The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology welcomes Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza— Transqueer, Latinx public theologian, activist-scholar—as they discuss their new book “Body Becoming: Our Path to Liberation.” Pointing to the increasing disconnection from our bodies and from one another, Body Becoming takes a critical look at which bodies count in this country and offers […]
Purity Culture and Therapeutic Turn in American Evangelicalism – Dr. Lauren Sawyer
The purity movement of the 1990s is usually seen as a grassroots pushback against the sexual revolution—a return to “biblical values” in a more permissive culture. But that view misses something important: purity culture actually grew out of a much longer effort by evangelicals, spanning about a century, to figure out how to respond to […]
Alumni Spotlight: Q&A with Sonja Lund, MDiv 2023
Our hope at The Seattle School is to be led by our alumni and their stories–how they labor to live out their calling among the people and communities they serve. Recently we had the opportunity to catch up with Sonja Lund, MDiv 2023 and understand how The Seattle School helped shape her path. How did you […]
Dr. McNeil to Retire in 2027
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology announced that President and Provost Dr. J. Derek McNeil will complete his service to the school in June 2027, concluding a season of leadership marked by institutional resilience, mission clarity, and academic integration. Dr. McNeil first joined the School’s leadership as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and […]
Faculty Highlights: The Educators Behind the Journey
At The Seattle School, we remain deeply grateful for the faculty who continue to shape students’ hearts and minds through immersive learning, thoughtful care, and innovative teaching. From long-standing professors to returning alumni and new adjuncts, each educator brings our mission to life—transforming relationships and forming reflective practitioners.
Seeing God in the most vulnerable and in our enemy
Vanessa Ryerse, a current student in the Master of Arts in Theology & Culture – The Arts program, discusses the process of creating her final project for the Constructive Theology course, taught by Dr. Lauren Sawyer. Vanessa shares insight into her creative journey, offering reflections on her approach and the development of her work. Dr. […]
11 Black Educators We’re Learning From
Black History Month invites us into a posture of remembering the people and events that impacted our history not only in the past, but also as history is unfolding in the present. Here you will find a list of eleven Black educators and writers from a wide range of disciplines who are making history today. […]
Day of Scholarship 2025
On January 11, 2025, The Seattle School hosted its third annual community-wide Day of Scholarship on campus in Seattle during our Winter Residency, connecting community members to the wider disciplinary and interdisciplinary conversations across our institution. This year’s theme “Engaging (An)other” emphasized the work of Dr. Esther Meek and her contributions as our current Senior […]
Alumni Spotlight: Q&A with Nicole Hagerty MACP ’15
Our hope at The Seattle School is to be led by our alumni and their stories–how they labor to live out their calling among the people and communities they serve. Recently we had the opportunity to listen to Nicole Hagerty MACP ’15 and learn more about hope, flourishing, and the impact of The Seattle School. […]
Student Spotlight: Q&A with Emme Wagner
We are grateful for this conversation with Emme Wagner, dual degree student in our Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and Master of Arts in Theology & Culture programs. What brought you to The Seattle School and how did you choose your degree program? Coming to The Seattle School is a fulfillment of many dreams—some […]
Who Is Your Neighbor?
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 […]