Earlier this year, John Philip Newell visited 天美视频 and shared about an upcoming interfaith pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in Spain, led by his Heartbeat Journeys organization. Ryan Kuja, 鈥�14 MA in Theology & Culture, was selected to join this year鈥檚 pilgrimage. Here, Ryan writes about what is drawing him to this […]
How do we mourn with those who mourn? Here, Susan Kim, a member of The Allender Center Teaching Staff and a graduate of 天美视频’s MA in Counseling Psychology program, reflects on violence, race, and the call to set aside agendas and enter the difficult places of grief and lament. This is a vital […]
Allyson Arendsee, a second year student in the MA in Theology & Culture program, wrestles with the idea of home and the communal role of the prophet. In upcoming weeks, we will invite students from the MA in Counseling Psychology and the Master of Divinity programs to also reflect on how their artistic pursuits shape […]
This week, we are continuing our series in which first year students reflect on the last year and the path that brought them to 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology. Read previous entries from Jessica Hoekstra, Matthias Roberts, and Beau Denton. Splashing forward along the trail, my shoulders hunched against the rain and the […]
This post is part of an ongoing series in which first-year students reflect on the last聽year and the path that led them to 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology. Read previous entries from Matthias Roberts and Beau Denton, and check back next Thursday for a new story. When a new year dawns, we ring […]
In a sea of many who believe themselves the few with 鈥渆ars to hear,鈥� do we really have the chutzpah to respond to our calling? One day, still too young to walk, my parents carried me through a parking lot. Nearby, a stranger remotely locked his car. This man 鈥渂eeped鈥� his car with his keychain […]
He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them鈥攈e remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the […]
Art brings me to the very edge of myself. Creating art tips me over completely. This poem was born while at the very end of my artistic crisis. I had gone through a dry spell for over a year, no paint, no pen to paper, no movement, nothing. After attending 天美视频’s Artist Residency, […]
This spring, I was invited to be the Associate Professor of Theology & Culture here at 天美视频. I am excited and humbled to be called faculty. This new position comes after years of transition and disorientation. Five years ago, I left the place I loved: New Horizons Ministries. I had served marginalized young […]
In 2010 my husband and I were in Moshi, Tanzania working under a non-profit doing sustainable development projects. While there, we began dreaming and brainstorming about the work we wanted to be part of in the coffee industry. Situated at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, we were quite literally surrounded by coffee farms, but our […]
Every聽year, a graduate from each degree program is selected by their peers and faculty to speak at Commencement聽around a particular theme. This year, the speakers chose the theme “Crossings.” Below is the speech shared by Ryan Kuja, an MATC graduate. The ancient seafaring people of Polynesia paddled small outrigger canoes thousands of miles on […]
It hit me immediately after he said it. We were in the middle of a conversation on an idle Tuesday afternoon, sitting at the window bar at one of the city鈥檚 best coffee shops. I was drinking a latte. Right after I heard the words, I looked down at the remnants of the design the […]