Church

This month on the blog, we’ll be exploring what the movement of Lent might be inviting us to give up, affirm, or resist in our particular context.

The Seattle School’s alumni offer vital insight on how spiritual health and healing are fostered through relationship and the ministry of presence.

The Seattle School, The Allender Center, and The Impact Movement are convening a gathering in Montgomery to wrestle with the realities of race, trauma, and the Gospel.

David Rice explores sustainable pastoral ministry, grounded in the conviction that caring for others can only go as far as our care for ourselves.

David Rice offers a pastoral call to lean into the division-crossing love that might help foster a new kind of discourse.

Lacy Clark Ellman explores Sabbath as an essential practice that connects us with the holy in the midst of day-to-day work.

Joshua Longbrake (Master of Divinity, ’10) reflects on his ongoing learning as the church he pastors holds a service in Cook County Jail.

Andrea Sielaff with the Resilient Leaders Project argues that, for long-term sustainability in ministry, we need to regularly step away and recharge.

Craig Detweiler talks about six months as President, adaptive resilience, the importance of home, and The Seattle School’s next chapter.

Dr. Bob Ekblad writes that Christian notions of submission and resistance must be understood as part of the ongoing narrative of Christ’s victory and destruction of systems of power.

Dr. Angela Parker responds to those who use the biblical text to justify silencing, subjugating, separating, or killing others.

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.