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Articles are written by Center staff, program participants, friends, and faculty of The Seattle School.
Pastors and the Problem of Social Constraint
For pastors and other people in ministry who often focus on caring for others at the expense of their own needs, social constraint can lead to isolation and loneliness.
The Seattle School Receives $1,250,000 Grant from Lilly Endowment
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology has received a grant of $1,250,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help continue efforts to equip leaders by gathering lay and ordained, active and aspiring preachers in the western region of the United States to develop...
Only You Can Start Forest Fires: Reduction as Resilience
In 1935 the United States Forest Service (USFS) instituted a policy called the “10 a.m. policy.” Already using fire suppression as the way of dealing with devastating wildfires for two decades, the 10 a.m. policy was instituted in response to particularly bad fire...
Through the side door: Why hope is the ground for community resilience
If you cross the river from Georgetown in Seattle and find yourself in need of a cup of coffee, you’d probably find your way to Resistencia Coffee, a little shop I have the joy of co-owning with my wife and a few neighbors. If you get a cup of coffee and decide you’d...
Engaging in a Community of Resilience: A Collectivist Approach
One of the ways we can cultivate resilience as we engage with one another is to notice how we show up in our communities. Dr. Ron Ruthruff, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, shares his thoughts in a...
To Stay, Walk Away
When vocation intersects with calling—like church ministry—it can be difficult to step away and unplug. We often feel guilty for not being always available, for not pouring every waking moment into the work of ministry. Here, Andrea Sielaff, Program Evaluation Manager...
Celebrating the Beginning
Our vision is for leaders who are able to combine the Christian values of faith, hope, and love while applying tools from the social sciences to develop social cohesion and rebuild communities.
Tending Wounds Gently – A Reflection from Resilient Leaders Project
Healing inner wounds requires the support of close relationships Inner wounds must be attended often, with time and attention, over and over. Join us in this healing.
Purpose Reconsidered: An Alumni Story
Through CRS I was reminded that the life we are all seeking…one of purpose, meaning, and balance…is impossible apart from intentional and intimate relationships. To that end, we must have people in our lives to share the journey…to bear witness for one another.
The Betwixt and Between: Finding Resilience in Liminality
Participation in the project was hard soul work, not always pleasant, and honestly, not always useful. Our last gathering, for example, contained some of the most soul soaring and soul-crushing encounters of my time in the project. I came out of the project at the bottom, yet, I realized weeks later, on the way up.
