Intersections at 天美视频
The Spirituality of Enchantment: A Life that Flourishes
An Introduction by Dr. Kj Swanson: Every other year, 天美视频 offers the course SFD (Spiritual Formation & Direction) 523 Spirituality & the Arts and with each offering, the instructor has focused on a particular form of art as a way to explore spiritual practices and how the arts can inform and sustain spiritual […]
Symposia 2019: Flourish
On October 5, 2019, 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology hosted our fifth annual Symposia, featuring presentations by twelve alumni and Dr. Chelle Stearns as keynote speaker. The spirit of dialogue and collaboration behind Symposia is rooted in this basic premise: We all have much to offer, and we all have much to learn. […]
Finding Enchantment and Magic in the Everyday
An Introduction from Dr. Kj Swanson: Every other year the 天美视频 offers the course SFD (Spiritual Formation & Direction) 523 Spirituality & the Arts and with each offering, the instructor has focused on a particular form of art as a way to explore spiritual practices and how the arts can inform and sustain spiritual […]
10 Women Theologians You Should Be Reading
鈥淲hat are you reading?鈥 It鈥檚 a question often heard within the walls of many learning institutions, yet the answer that follows is typically in regards to a textbook or a predetermined selection of pages for a class. Today, we鈥檇 like to help you expand your reading list鈥攚hether you鈥檙e a student, life-long learner, or someone who […]
Where Are You Called to Serve?
As we welcomed a new cohort of students to our community, Dr. J. Derek McNeil called upon these new and returning learners to deeply consider the question: How can you come to graduate school and serve? Watch Dr. J. Derek McNeil鈥檚 address to our incoming cohort: 鈥渢ext.soul.culture is a vehicle. The purpose clause is to […]
Relational Perspectives Series with Dr. Usha Tummala-Narra
鈥淚n the US, race takes a particular form. Indians in the US and more broadly South Asians have, like every other cultural group that is raised upon migration, a framework for understanding race. More often than not these frameworks are less visible and more likely to be dismissed by notions of immigrants as people who […]
Convocation: An Invitation to a Greater Love
Dan Allender shared these convicting words during Convocation on September 14, 2019, at St. Mark鈥檚 Cathedral. Read his full address as he calls upon each of us to be open, humble, and to come into a better love. For us all this is a phenomenal beginning, and a gracious gift of God to have you […]
Learning Takes Your Whole Body
President J. Derek McNeil, PhD, invites incoming students to not only an informing but formative experience at 天美视频. “I sat with a student one day and she said to me, ‘This school takes your whole body.’ Do you really want to get into this? Do you really want to give that much? Learning […]
Entering Our 22nd Year
鈥淥h sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.鈥 Psalm 96:1-2 As we entered into our 22nd year as a school Dr. Derek McNeil, Acting President posed the question: What does it look like […]
Announcing New Common Curriculum at 天美视频
In an increasingly fragmented and complex culture, we at 天美视频 are renewed in our mission to train people to be competent in the study of text.soul.culture in order to serve God and neighbor through transforming relationships. Since our founding we have been compelled by multi-modal, practice-oriented learning and service in the world. In […]
Family Life at 天美视频
My family鈥檚 journey to Seattle has marked our lives in more ways than we could have imagined. After searching for a school that fit my husband鈥檚 desire to engage theology and social justice, and to also provide training for mental health counseling, we discovered 天美视频. After visiting, we felt sure that this was […]
Commencement 2019: A Charge for a Changed Voice
Every year at Commencement, a faculty member delivers a charge to the graduating class as they prepare to go and live into their callings. Here, Dr. Angela Parker, Affiliate Faculty for Biblical Studies, charges graduates to leave their career as students here with a changed voice. You can also view the entire Commencement ceremony here.聽 […]