Intersections at The Seattle School

Our alumni are those who embody and extend text, soul, and culture far beyond the walls of 2501 Elliott Avenue. Our hope at The Seattle School is to be led by our alumni and their stories—how they labor to live out their calling among the people and communities they serve. Leanna Ramsey-Corrales (MA in Counseling […]

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 […]

Earlier this year, we were thrilled to welcome Jimmy McGee, President of the Impact Movement, as the keynote speaker for Humanity Through Community. This year’s theme was “The Myth of the Single Story,” and Jimmy offered powerful insights and a bold invitation for us to engage the humanity in each other in a way that […]

Over the last few weeks, we’ve introduced you to a few folks who will be regular contributors to this blog for the next several months. Brittany Deininger (second-year MA in Theology & Culture student) wrote about “Poetry and the Art of Survival,” Heather Casimere (first-year MATC student) reflected on the journey that led her here […]

Today we are continuing the Listening in Place Project with Cassie Carroll (Master of Divinity, ‘16), which we feature 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 entrepreneurs, and theologians throughout the […]

Last week, Michael Louderback invited us to consider the fate of pain and how we respond to it (or not) in our lives. Here, Heather Casimere, first-year MA in Theology & Culture student, writes about her own relationship with pain and the call to a long, complex journey of daring to engage her pain—and tell her […]

Redeeming Food & Body, coming up on March 10-11, is a two-day workshop birthed out of a response to the impact of our fragmented, weight-obsessed, food-confused, disembodied culture.  Facilitated by an interdisciplinary teaching team comprised of a mental health therapist, dietitian, and theologian, this workshop explores an embodied and restorative approach to our relationship with […]

What do we do with pain? On individual, relational, social, and cultural levels, do we engage the pain that confronts us, or do we fight it, bury it, and try to run from it? Here, D. Michael Louderback (MACP, ‘13), an analytic psychotherapist, writes about our relationship with that which seems unbearable, and about the complex intersection […]

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 […]

On Friday, March 17, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology will host renowned writer, scholar, and activist Dr. Cornel West as the featured artist for the fourth annual Alumni Lecture Series. The Seattle School’s Office of Students & Alumni established the Alumni Lecture Series in 2014, creating an annual space in which our alumni […]

We believe that when art is honest, creative, and courageous, it offers a vital, often prophetic lens into both the beauty and the brokenness in the surrounding culture. Here, Brittany Deininger, a second-year MA in Theology & Culture student, writes about the way that poetry speaks truth and beauty in a world that desperately needs […]

Last Monday, January 23, The Seattle School community gathered as Dr. Keith Anderson, President, delivered the 2017 State of the School address. This was the 8th time that Student Council has hosted the annual event, which has become an important rhythm in the life of the school and is a manifestation of the values of […]