Intersections at The Seattle School

On the text.soul.culture podcast, Shauna Gauthier talks with artist and community organizer Nikkita Oliver about her formation, her work in Seattle, and the difference between natural and forced resilience.

Seattle School community members share about the podcasts they’re enjoying these days, and about the best episodes to dive in.

Heather Casimere looks back on her journey to Seattle and the work of deconstruction that comes before growing new foundations.

As we move through National Poetry Month, Brittany Deininger shares some of her favorite contemporary women poets, reminding us that poetry is a place of radical resistance and beautiful intersectionality.

Dr. Derek McNeil sits down for a conversation with psychiatrist and author Dr. Curt Thompson about the spirituality and science behind resilience, integration, and human flourishing.

Dr. Chelle Stearns, violinist and Associate Professor of Theology at The Seattle School, recently sat down for a conversation with composer Stephen Michael Newby, Associate Professor of Music at Seattle Pacific University, which we’re excited to share with you today. Dr. Newby has composed two large-scale works based on the life and writings of Dr. […]

We recently wandered from classes and meetings to watch the demolition of a familiar landmark across from our building—here’s the video.

Lindsay Braman writes about how open water in Croatia invited her to honor her body, and the bodies of others, in a way that defies the shame-based messages of our culture.

Mary DeJong (MATC, ’17) shares about how her time at The Seattle School helped inform the work she does in ecotheology, spiritual formation, and pilgrimage through her organization Waymarkers.

Today on text.soul.culture, we’re spending a few minutes with the question, “What does it feel like to be heard?” Alumni, students, and staff share responses that, for such a short question, are surprisingly thought-provoking.

Heather Casimere writes about how Black Panther opened up space for her to visualize, celebrate, and draw closer to who she is and where she comes from.

Dr. Curt Thompson, who will visit The Seattle School April 20-21, writes about empathy that compels us to action on behalf of each other.