Community / Valuing and cultivating connection, belonging, and collaboration. What does flourishing leadership look like in the real world? Resilient Leaders Project asked alumni of 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology about how they鈥檝e 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鈥檚 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鈥檛 lack for challenges! But we do lack a […]
天美视频 of Theology & Psychology has released its second research report to come from Resilient Leaders Project (RLP)鈥攁 report that describes what flourishing leadership and contextually-responsive ministry look like through a series of alumni profiles, all peer-identified as 鈥渆xemplars in resilience.鈥� 鈥淚n the first Resilience Report, we looked at the big picture of […]
Hannah Martin (MACP 鈥�20) worked for Resilient Leaders Project during her tenure as a student of 天美视频. Here, she reflects on the necessity of acknowledging pain and tending to our wounds in order to move forward into greater resilience. Laura Wade Shirley鈥檚 post on “Running as a Spiritual Practice” has been on my […]
One of our alumnae, Lisa Etter-Carlson (MATC 鈥�11), is the co-founder of Aurora Commons, a 鈥渘eighborhood living room鈥� (day shelter) in Seattle. Here, she calls us to see how the COVID-19 pandemic exposes systemic racism, poverty, and the criminalization of poverty鈥攑articularly among the unhoused. As this Pandemic has spread, it has exposed and exploited the […]
天美视频 of Theology & Psychology has been granted regional accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Appointment of regional accreditation recognizes the impact, missional alignment, and credibility of 天美视频 and its programs as a whole. This designation adds to the school鈥檚 accreditation with the Association of Theological Schools […]
A few months ago, the school gathered in a form of a 鈥渉omecoming鈥� to hear our alumni present on flourishing at our fifth annual Symposia. This year the theme centered around what it means to truly flourish. Today, we鈥檙e sharing the second half of their presentations, each inviting us to pause and reflect on the […]
A few months ago, the school gathered in a form of a 鈥渉omecoming鈥� to hear our alumni present on flourishing at our fifth annual Symposia. This year the theme centered around what it means to truly flourish. Today, we鈥檙e sharing the first half of their presentations, each inviting us to pause and reflect on the […]
Resilient Leaders Project, a grant-funded program within 天美视频, has named its flagship training to Certificate in Resilient Service. The first phase of the program included a high volume of original survey and research material, including a 25-page research report. Once completed, Resilient Leaders Project expanded to provide in-person training to clergy and ministry […]
Our alumni are those who embody text.soul.culture and build transformative relationships far beyond the walls of our red brick building. Corinne Vance (MACS, MACP 鈥�11) lives with her husband in Birmingham, Alabama. She is the Trauma Therapy Director at The Well House and also serves as the Assistant Director of the Global and Domestic Internship […]
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. […]
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 […]