On this Maundy Thursday, we are sharing a guest post from Dr. Dwight J. Friesen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology. Thanks to Dwight for allowing us to republish this piece of writing from his blog on “the kind of God I’d be interested in getting to know”. May you be blessed by this imaginative reflection […]
Each year, The Seattle School offers the Stanley Grenz Lecture Series to advance theological discourse as an expression of faith and service in honor of former Professor Stanley Grenz, a prolific Christian scholar with a pastoral heart and deep intellectual presence. On January 13, 2023, we were grateful to have as our featured speaker Phil Allen, Jr., […]
Our hope at The Seattle School is to be led by our alumni and their stories. Mallory Redmond graduated from The Seattle School in 2013 with her Master of Arts in Theology & Culture (MATC). She recently joined the Alumni Quad, part of the team caring for alumni of The Seattle School. We are grateful […]
On July 1st, 2022, President J. Derek McNeil welcomed Resmaa Menakem in Seattle on tour for his newest book, The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation’s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning. Author, therapist, and licensed clinical social worker, Resmaa Menakem specializes in the healing of racialized trauma and also advocates for Somatic […]
Rachel McLaughlin lives in Akron, Ohio with her husband and daughter. She is a former special education teacher and foster mom. As writer and cofounder of @HoldingSpaceForEducators, she strives to open up space for educators to see the challenges of their reality and experiences represented and validated. Last Christmas, my brother gifted me a plant […]
Boundaries / Maintaining limits on availability and commitments. What does flourishing leadership look like in the real world? Resilient Leaders Project asked alumni of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology about how they’ve flourished while creating contextually-responsive ministry. In listening to these leaders, we found six common themes–practices and ways of being that other […]
Body / Practicing care for the body through movement and tending to pain. What does flourishing leadership look like in the real world? Resilient Leaders Project asked alumni of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology about how they’ve flourished while creating contextually-responsive ministry. In listening to these leaders, we found six common themes–practices and […]
Connection to God / Connecting to and depending on the divine. What does flourishing leadership look like in the real world? Resilient Leaders Project asked alumni of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology about how they’ve flourished while creating contextually-responsive ministry. In listening to these leaders, we found six common themes–practices and ways of […]
Self-Compassion / Tending to the self through vulnerability, especially around needs, shame, and pain. What does flourishing leadership look like in the real world? Resilient Leaders Project asked alumni of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology about how they’ve flourished while creating contextually-responsive ministry. In listening to these leaders, we found six common themes–practices […]
Community / Valuing and cultivating connection, belonging, and collaboration. What does flourishing leadership look like in the real world? Resilient Leaders Project asked alumni of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology about how they’ve flourished while creating contextually-responsive ministry. In listening to these leaders, we found six common themes–practices and ways of being that […]
Identity / Knowing and living into one’s God-given self. To flourish is to find meaning in the midst of struggle, to adapt and grow in response to challenge. In the midst of pandemic, increased awareness of injustice, and the realities of ministry in post-Christian contexts, we don’t lack for challenges! But we do lack a […]
“The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. Oh wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night….pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord.” ~Lamentations 2:18-19 These words of the prophet Jeremiah situate themselves in a devastating part of Judah’s history—the […]