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Intersections at The Seattle School
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The Fights That Need Fighting
Last week, Kelsey Paulsen wrote about encountering the fighter within herself, the one willing to wrestle with past wounds and present realities in pursuit of goodness. Here, Charlie Howell, a third-year MA in Counseling Psychology student, reflects on coming to terms with his privilege and the kinds of fights he is choosing to engage. It’s […]
The Particular Scandal of Advent
Yesterday, the faculty and staff of The Seattle School gathered for our annual Christmas luncheon. Dr. Keith Anderson, President of The Seattle School, offered this Advent reflection, about the particularity of the birth of Christ and the scandalous challenge that it presents to all of us. May you find in his words a reminder of […]
Fighting When There’s Nothing Left
For many of us, the holiday season is a time when we are particularly aware of our mistakes, wounds, and broken relationships, and we are left with the choice to bury them and try to run the other way, or to dig in and fight—against all odds—for goodness and hope. (Like Dr. Dan Allender says, […]
What If?
As we move through the season of Advent, a time of anticipating and hoping for the promise of the Messiah while fully recognizing the reality of our broken world, we are continuing with our second annual Advent series—a collection of reflections here on the Intersections blog and content delivered exclusively through emails every Sunday. If […]
Here is your God! Immanuel, the One Who Is with Us
This week marks the beginning of Advent, a time of anticipating and hoping for the promise of the Messiah while fully recognizing the reality of our broken world. As a community, we are marking this season through our second annual Advent series, featuring reflections here on the Intersections blog and content delivered exclusively through emails […]
Between Gargoyles and Sunsets
The spiritual and therapeutic work we strive for at The Seattle School is marked by personal integration—the capacity to bring the disparate parts of ourselves into conversation, including the parts we might prefer to keep hidden. Here, Ryan Kuja (MA in Theology & Culture ‘14) writes about how a seemingly ordinary walk forced him to […]
This Again?
In the wake of the recent attacks in Beirut and Lebanon, Content Coordinator Beau Denton began to ask around for resources that members of The Seattle School community had found encouraging or enlightening. You can read some of those responses, and Beau’s reflection, here. In this post, Dr. Keith Anderson, President of The Seattle School, shares […]
What Shall I Cry?
This year, as we planned for The Seattle School’s End of Calendar Year campaign and our upcoming Advent reflection series, Isaiah 40 emerged as a guiding theme. Something about Isaiah’s call to speak comfort in the midst of injustice, the desire for the powerful to be humbled and the ground to be made even, resonates […]
Dan Allender Responds to the New Film Spotlight
Recently, The Seattle School was invited to participate in a special pre-screening of the new film Spotlight, which was released this month and documents the true story of the journalists who uncovered the widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Boston. Here, Dr. Dan Allender, Founding President and Professor of Counseling Psychology, shares his reaction—and […]
New Book Release: An Interview with Dr. Ron Ruthruff
Dr. Ron Ruthruff, Associate Professor of Theology & Culture at The Seattle School, has released his second book, Closer to the Edge: Walking with Jesus for the World’s Sake. In the book, Ron wonders how the world’s perceptions of Christians—and, therefore, its perception of Christ—might change if our way of doing justice work is as […]
Transition: Confessions from a Nomadic Spirit
We love the work that Megan Peters-February (MA in Theology & Culture ‘13) is doing through Cedar & Soul, a wellness site dedicated to yoga, trauma recovery, healing, and faith. Here, Megan writes about the difficulty of transitions—and the possibility that transitions might offer an essential glimpse into the most fundamental parts of ourselves. This post […]
Room (2015), Transitions, Gratitude, and Forgiveness
Recently, The Seattle School community was invited to participate in a special advanced screening of the film Room, based on the 2011 bestseller by Emma Donoghue. Here, Kate Davis—who recently graduated with her Master of Divinity and is now Human Resources Generalist at The Seattle School—writes about the universal themes of captivity, transitions, gratitude, and […]