Intersections at The Seattle School

A couple of weeks ago here in the Matriculate Blog, the admissions team wrote a post about liminal, in-between spaces and the wordless tensions that we hold in our bodies when we experience loss, enter unknowns, cross thresholds, or start something new. “[I]t is so important in the midst of liminal spaces,” they said, “to […]

Mississippi. M-i-crooked letter crooked letter-i-crooked letter crooked letter-i-humpback humpback i. We all know it spells Mississippi. Mississippi is a state in the Deep South, flanked by other southern states, but different than Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana. I think uglier in their hate, savagery, viciousness, murderousness. I know this Mississippi, and I am terrified. The […]

The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is hosting a comprehensive evaluation visit for reaffirmation of accreditation by the ATS Commission on Accrediting on October 20-23, 2020. The purpose of this visit is to verify that the school meets all applicable Commission Standards of Accreditation. Comments regarding how well the school meets those standards and/or […]

Today’s faculty highlight is Dr. Dwight J. Friesen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology. Dr. Friesen brings many years of contextual pastoral experience to The Seattle School. He was the community-curate of an Eastside emerging simple church for more than 11 years; he was ordained by the Christian & Missionary Alliance until surrendering those credentials in […]

When I was in college, a speaker at a conference showed a clip from the movie Instinct as an illustration for her talk. The visceral impact of that scene has stayed with me across the years and keeps coming to mind whenever I feel a lack of control in the midst of pandemic. In the […]

“New Student Orientation” is a familiar concept in the world of academia. When starting graduate school, students know that they can expect information, resources, and tools; gatherings, sessions, introductions to people and places that will be meaningful to their academic experience. But how do we orient and connect when students and classmates are joining at […]

“Moonias! Moonias!” (“White Man! White Man”) the children screeched as I stood outside their home on the Maskwacis First Nations Reservation. As a Community Social Worker, I had been summoned to investigate a child abuse allegation. I was twenty-two years old and it had never occurred to me that the color of my skin was […]

Am I living my own story, or living someone else’s? -Dr. Howard Stevenson Earlier this year, Dr. J. Derek McNeil sat down for a conversation with one of his life-long friends, Dr. Howard Stevenson, about trauma and resilience, especially as these topics relate to African-American men and boys. Dr. Stevenson is a clinical psychologist who […]

For our next Faculty Friday, we’d like to introduce Dr. Chelle Stearns, Associate Professor of Theology. Dr. Stearns has a PhD in Systematic Theology from University of St. Andrews in Scotland, a Master’s degree in Christian Studies from Regent College, and an undergraduate degree in music from Pacific Lutheran University. Her academic work has focused […]

On June 25, Andrea Sielaff, MAC, Researcher for Resilient Leaders Project, hosted a conversation on the need for practices that can help cultivate practical resilience for ministry leaders. This was the final installment of the “Resilience in Crisis” webinar series, created to support, resource, and encourage leaders and practitioners through the pandemic crisis. Andrea interviewed […]

We shake with joy, we shake with grief. What a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body. –Mary Oliver Being human is complex—especially being human in a body. There are moments in life when the tensions we hold are simply overwhelming, disorienting, and beyond language, like losing someone we […]

August is a magical month. Summer has had some time to work its way into us and we have a few weeks remaining in which to savor her good gifts. Here in the Pacific Northwest, these gifts can be found in the golden light of sunsets extending for long hours while we watch from home, […]