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From Registration to Graduation
By now you have “met” me via email through the “Welcome!” message you received when you submitted your enrollment documents. I’ve also enjoyed the opportunity to meet some of you over the phone or in person for an advising appointment. In just over a week’s time, you will mark an important step in your journey […]
Called Out
Last month, Heather Casimere wrote about the long, complex journey of coming to The Seattle School and learning to tell her story with integrity and care. Here, Heather continues that story by reflecting on the person she is becoming in this new city and new community. In the midst of the wilderness, Heather writes that […]
Following the Call
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 […]
The Promise of Christmas
In the midst of the Advent season, it is hard not to be struck by the impossibly grand scope of the incarnation. Here, Krista Law (MACP ‘12, MACS ‘13) wonders about how we respond to promises that are so far beyond our grasp. Do we laugh and shrug it off, or do we choose to […]
Hallow the Mundane: A Little Book for Ordinary Time 2016
Throughout the year, Sacred Space (a realm of Student Leadership) invites The Seattle School community to observe the rhythms of the church calendar, as well as the particular rhythms of this building. As we mark the end of the academic year this week, we are also moving through the “ordinary time” that marks the season […]
The Seattle School’s 18th Commencement Ceremony
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology is gearing up for its 18th Commencement ceremony later this month, 10:00am on Saturday, June 25, at the historic Town Hall in downtown Seattle. Alumni, faculty, staff, current students, spouses, partners, friends, and families will all gather together in celebration of the 71 students who are completing their […]
Art on Our Walls: Davia Campbell’s “Long Lay the World”
The Seattle School has reserved a portion of its public space on both the second and third floors to display and honor art created by students, staff, faculty, alumni, and artists from the greater Seattle area. These gallery spaces are curated by students in conversation with faculty and seek to represent an experience of our […]
An Unexpected Story
I’ve been thinking lately about the one and only white Christmas I have ever experienced: 1997, Winter Park, Colorado, during a season of record-breaking snowfall. For this Florida boy, Colorado at Christmas was a strange, exciting new world: skiing, snowmobiling, hot chocolate in front of the fire, snowball fights with my siblings, watching a thermometer […]
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 […]
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 […]