Dr. Roy E. Barsness, Professor of Counseling Psychology, and Richard D. Kim, Intercultural Credibility Coordinator/Consultant, recently partnered on an article that was published in the Association of Theological Schools鈥櫬燭heological Education journal, Volume 45, No. 2. The focus of the issue is 鈥淭he Changing Character of Faculty Work,鈥� and Barsness and Kim address the need to […]
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. Before leaving, Ryan wrote here about his anticipation of the […]
The second round of Integrative Project presentations, in which our graduating Master of Divinity and MA in Theology & Culture students share the projects that serve as a capstone of their time in graduate school, is today, June 25, 1-5 p.m. Here, Martha Wood shares about the process of developing her project, 鈥淎ttachment in Spiritual […]
Two weeks ago, MA in Theology & Culture student Allyson Arendsee wrote about the prophetic role of the artist in community. This week, MA in Counseling Psychology student Kelly Pastori is reflecting upon her photography and the labor pains of the creative process. Check back next week to hear from a student-artist in the Master […]
Photo © 2014 Caleb Dodson. Several years ago, I stumbled upon simple but profound text, Listening to the Heartbeat of God. It was a book that resonated deep within my own soul as it eloquently reminded me of the heart of God beating in each and everyone of us 鈥� inviting me to look and […]
The years. The minutes and seconds and moments, both key and not so much so, all seem to happen so quickly; so instantly; so irretrievably wonderfully fast, don鈥檛 they? Our selves are born (thrown, I would say is more accurate) into relationship with this paradox known as life and helped to survive it; and if […]
It’s been just over five years now since my therapist suggested I attend The Story Workshop. At the time I had no idea that those four days would impact the entire arc of my life. Even today I am still living into the beauty and pain that was awakened in me and my story. I […]
When I was a first year student, I used to go to the communion that the MDiv students hold in the chapel every Wednesday and I would cry. The school and the move from California to Seattle had cracked open something deep inside me and I could not stop crying everywhere I went. My advisers […]
I’m always curious about the serendipity of things, especially since I don’t believe anything is simply happenstance. I’m not sure I chose to attend The Story Workshop in 2009 as much as it was something that just had to happen. Yes, I asked to be placed on a waiting list. Yes, I booked my own […]
At seven years old, I experienced a mind-bending crisis of identity. There I sat, watching the LA Olympics on a small black and white TV, as boxers from the United States and South Korea took the ring and began pounding one another senseless in mutual pursuit of gold and glory. The official result of that […]
Our stories are like a book unfolding, pages worn and marked, dog-eared to recall at a later time. Sometimes the page turns and we do not love what the next chapter holds.聽 I thought my chapter of graduate school would go a certain way.聽 I entered it with a grand naivet茅 and glamour around the […]
In the past, I have operated primarily through rationale and logic. Now, at 天美视频, instead of relying on my ability to comprehend, understand, and analyze, I was being asked to wait, to ponder, and most of all to allow myself to be changed before looking for comprehension. It is scary, however, to stumble […]