Intersections at The Seattle School
Roundup: Emerging from Lent
As we near the end of the Lenten season, here’s a roundup of a few of the resources that are helping ground us in this season. May they allow you to pause, breathe, and feel the movement and hope of new life—even long after Easter Sunday has passed.
The Quest of Transformation
As we near the end of our Lenten journey, Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Senior Vice President of Academics, reminds us that the challenges of the wilderness are part of the quest toward transformation and the call to collective healing.
Charge to the President: The Third at the Edge of the Salish Sea
In his Charge to the President at the Inauguration of Dr. Craig Detweiler, Dr. Roy Barsness offers a charge to us all, an exhortation to remember, restore, and reimagine.
The Seattle School Inaugurates Dr. Craig Detweiler as President
The Seattle School formally installed Dr. Craig Detweiler as President on Friday, March 9. Watch the full inauguration ceremony here.
From the Field: Smruti Desai
Shauna Gauthier sits down with Smruti Desai (MA in Counseling Psychology, ‘09) to talk about Smruti’s therapeutic work, primarily with people of color, and about the decision to take what she learned in Seattle back to her home state of Georgia.
Our Collective Wilderness
Beau Denton writes about the Lenten invitation to wait in the wilderness without looking for a quick, shallow fix—an invitation to the kind of healing that only comes when we witness and acknowledge each other’s pain.
Metaphors Be With You
Brittany Deininger explores the ways that metaphors shape how we view the world, speak of God, and think about that which seems beyond language.
The Art of Listening with Shauna Gauthier
Dr. Derek McNeil sits down with Shauna Gauthier, Alumni Outreach Coordinator and our new co-host for this podcast, to talk about the transformative art of listening.
Three Billboards, Flannery O’Connor, and Our Capacity for Good and Evil
Brittany Deininger explores how Three Billboards, like Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find, challenges our conceptions of anger, violence, and the polarities of humanity embodied in each of us.
Playfulness
As we pursue hard, meaningful work and wrestle with challenging realities, Heather reminds us that a little bit of childlike playfulness can go a long way.
The Road to Seattle with Dr. Craig Detweiler
This week on text.soul.culture, Dr. Derek McNeil sits down with The Seattle School’s new president, Dr. Craig Detweiler, to talk about his journey to Seattle. Craig shares about some of his formative experiences and reflects on what drew him to The Seattle School.
How to ‘Deny Yourself’ Without Destroying Yourself
Dr. Ron Ruthruff writes that “denying yourself” is about something much more revolutionary than the shame-based messages we may have heard.