Intersections at The Seattle School

Today marks the beginning of Advent—the season in the Church calendar where we wait, with great hope and anticipation, for the coming of Jesus to earth, both as fully God and fully human. Here, Jennifer Fernandez, PhD, ABD, reflects on the divine challenge of Jesus to love radically and how, even though we are in […]

This time of year often brings about conflicting thoughts and emotions. Giving thanks is a simple gesture in seasons of abundance, but can seem like an insurmountable mountain in seasons of grief. Here, Emilie Stoneham, a second-year MACP student, vulnerably shares her thoughts on the intersection of grief and gratitude. “You Remain” To be grateful […]

Earlier this summer, Dr. Chelle Stearns, Associate Professor of Theology, traveled to St. Andrews to participate as a plenary speaker in the Theology & Trauma Conference. This year’s conference bore the title of Christ and Trauma: Doing Theology East of Eden. Featuring speakers Rachael Clinton, Director of Organizational Development at The Allender Center, Elaine Storkey, […]

Resilient Leaders Project, a grant-funded program within The Seattle School, has named its flagship training to Certificate in Resilient Service. The first phase of the program included a high volume of original survey and research material, including a 25-page research report. Once completed, Resilient Leaders Project expanded to provide in-person training to clergy and ministry […]

Our alumni are those who embody text.soul.culture and build transformative relationships far beyond the walls of our red brick building. Corinne Vance (MACS, MACP ‘11) lives with her husband in Birmingham, Alabama. She is the Trauma Therapy Director at The Well House and also serves as the Assistant Director of the Global and Domestic Internship […]

This month, we want to highlight eight prominent theologians who are women of color. Women who are at the forefront of conversations about womanist theology, gender, feminism, and race in the church. We encourage you to take a moment to pause, find a quiet place to read and discover the depth and wisdom these theologians […]

For the first time in the seven-year history of the Stanley Grenz Lecture series, we were privileged to host one of our own professors, Dr. Chelle Stearns, as keynote speaker. The Series is offered in honor of former Professor Stanley Grenz, a prolific Christian scholar with a pastoral heart and deep intellectual presence. Faculty, students, […]

We all have a depth to us that is not simply our own. We each come from a time and place that is other than where we are right now. And yet, life requires us to live in a now that seems to beckon to a self that is required to be conscious of who […]

We can feel it in our bones that the fall has come. Not only have we been back in classes for weeks now, but the colors around us have deepened as the deciduous trees have begun their sacred ritual of release. The chill has returned to the air, as has the rain, days of blustery […]

After robust discourse and prayerful discernment, the Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to appoint Dr. J. Derek McNeil as President of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Dr. McNeil was appointed as Provost in 2018 and stepped into the role of Acting President in February 2019. “Dr. McNeil brings a rich background in […]

An Introduction by Dr. Kj Swanson: Every other year, The Seattle School offers the course SFD (Spiritual Formation & Direction) 523 Spirituality & the Arts and with each offering, the instructor has focused on a particular form of art as a way to explore spiritual practices and how the arts can inform and sustain spiritual […]

“I love it when students take poetry and art and it almost begins to dance because they connect it to ideas that are happening in the classroom. Those are magical moments for me […] We’re doing all of this through transforming relationships. It’s more than just a mission statement—it’s the place where imagination happens. This […]