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Articles are written by Center staff, program participants, friends, and faculty of The Seattle School.
Creating Theological Frameworks Inside of Community Conversations
In today’s polarized times, political alignment is often a prerequisite for relationship, and nowhere is this more devastating than in faith communities.
Does Trusting Jesus Really Mean We Need to Limit Access to Mental Health Care?
Many Christians feel forced to choose between faith and mental health care. Church leaders: You need to step up and challenge this false idea and lead your community toward wholeness.
Searching for Sacred Sparks: Help us find communities and preachers lighting the way
The Center for Transforming Engagement is launching a research project to explore what makes preaching meaningful today. Do you know a preacher or Christian faith community doing something remarkable with scripture? We are interested in them even if they go beyond typical models.
Faith in Action: Responding to Injustice
As a church or ministry leader, you stand at a pivotal moment in history. The challenges facing our communities, including racial injustice, economic inequality, environmental degradation, and the marginalization of vulnerable populations, demand more than passive concern. They require the transformative power of faith in action.
Resilience Research – Learning from The Camino de Santiago
In Fall 2024 and again in Spring 2025, Kate Rae Davis walked the famed Camino de Santiago as she faced a very personal journey with burnout. This series of pilgrimage paths attracts nearly 500,000 people each year who walk at least 100 km (62 miles), with many walking...
Why Leadership Development Isn’t Optional for Ministry Leaders
Leadership development isn’t a modern business concept imported into ministry—it’s deeply biblical and the biblical pattern is clear: effective ministry leadership requires both calling and cultivation.
Self Care for Leaders
This article is an excerpt from an interactive discussion with Organizational Psychologist and Executive Coach Dana Scannell, PhD and Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman, of the Center for Transforming Engagement. Dana and Rose share the challenges they hear as they do consulting...
Leadership Challenges – Team Cohesion During High Conflict
In times of team conflict, most of us want to run. It’s not fun, but we need to learn to hold each other’s tension so conflict doesn’t tear our teams apart.
Leadership Challenges – Stop Avoiding Conflict!
Teams can learn how you manage conflict and see that conflict can be healthy in order to move towards our collective goals and priorities together.
Leadership Challenges – Delegating Well
Leaders have to be able to have a tangential connection to what they have delegated. This doesnt mean there is a lack of trust, but it means we are all in this together.
