Intersections at The Seattle School
Symposia Video: Metaphor in Psychotherapy
Last October we hosted the second annual Symposia: An Intersection of Conversation & Innovation, a forum in which alumni of The Seattle School presented the ongoing work they are pursuing at the intersection of text, soul, and culture. Integrative education does not end at graduation, and our alumni are proof of that. Symposia highlights the […]
Listening in Place Project: Marvin Wadlow, Jr.
Today we’re excited to feature the fourth episode of the Listening in Place Project with Cassie Carroll (Master of Divinity, ‘16), which we share monthly here on the Intersections blog. After graduating from The Seattle School, Cassie launched Listening in Place, a venture in which she is collecting stories from church planters, practitioners, pastors, social […]
Embodied Biblical Study with Dr. Angela Parker
This week we’re featuring the third episode of text.soul.culture, a podcast hosted and curated by Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean at The Seattle School. Derek is joined by Dr. Angela Parker, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, to talk about what has formed her as a Biblical scholar and about her unique role here at […]
Reading Culture: A Fall 2017 Course for Practitioner Research
We are thrilled to announce an upcoming course taught by Forrest Inslee, Adjunct Faculty, and Ben Katt, founding executive director of the Aurora Commons and host of the RePlacing Church Podcast. “Reading Culture,” coming in the Fall 2017 term, is an innovative and experiential class, in which participants—including Seattle School students and others who are […]
Narcissism and Its Context
Most of us probably hear the word “narcissism” in conversation with some regularity, often used to refer to a distant, disembodied other. Here, D. Michael Louderback (MACP, ‘13), an analytic psychotherapist and ongoing contributor to this blog, argues that it is all too easy to separate narcissism from its context. Michael pulls from the voices of […]
Prophets and Priests with Jimmy McGee
On the second episode of text.soul.culture, a new podcast from The Seattle School Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean, is joined by Jimmy McGee, President and CEO of the Impact Movement, about living as people of engaged wisdom in a complex and hurting world. Jimmy was the keynote speaker at our 2017 Humanity Through Community […]
text.soul.culture
This week we are thrilled to launch text.soul.culture, a new podcast from The Seattle School. Hosted and curated by Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean, text.soul.culture is guided by a commitment to understanding narrative, wrestling with intersections, resisting reactivity, and fostering radical hospitality. Every other week, Derek will be joined by faculty members, alumni, visiting […]
To the Heart of Home
As we move through the rhythms of Holy Week, both individually and communally, Seth Thomas (Master of Divinity, ’16) writes about what it means to live this story in the contexts of our particular places. Seth recalls the grand, colorful Easter parades he witnessed in Guatemala, before turning toward his own home in Bellingham and wondering […]
Perseverance (and Grace When I Don’t Have It)
Students at The Seattle School choose again and again to wade into the difficulty and pain of their own stories in hopes of fostering healing change in the lives of others and the world around them. Here, Heather Casimere, first-year MA in Theology & Culture student, writes about the perseverance required to choose the hard […]
Symposia Video: Marriage Equality and Purity Culture
Last October we hosted the second annual Symposia: An Intersection of Conversation & Innovation, a forum in which alumni of The Seattle School presented the ongoing work they are pursuing at the intersection of text, soul, and culture. Integrative education does not end at graduation, and our alumni are proof of that. Symposia highlights the […]
Revival and the Modern Day Rescue Mission
At the end of every academic year, we host the Integrative Project symposium, in which The Seattle School’s alumni, current students, faculty, staff, and the Seattle community at large are invited to witness and celebrate the bold, thoughtful, and creative work of our graduating Master of Divinity and MA in Theology & Culture students. For […]
Tombs and Wombs: Jonah and the Imagination
The season of Lent invites us to wrestle with the realities of death and the hope of resurrection in creative, embodied ways. Here, Brittany Deininger, second-year MA in Theology & Culture student, writes about how a particular sculpture and the story of Jonah are leading her to consider imagination, creation, and the space between life […]