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May 2018

May 22, 2018

THE FUTURE OF FULLER: The Way Forward

Over the last month, I’ve sent several letters describing the whirlwind of disruption that has...

May 15, 2018

THE FUTURE OF FULLER: Value, Innovation, and Challenge

On May 3, I shared a letter with you here that I’d sent to Fuller...

May 07, 2018

THE FUTURE OF FULLER: Discernment in the Whirlwind

Dear Fuller Alumni and Friends, This is the first of several letters I will be...

February 2018

February 15, 2018

DACA and Immigrant Youth: What Are We Called to Do?

+ As an institution, Fuller Seminary fully and unequivocally supports continued protection for the members of...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

Meet Us At The Table

Gathering around a table can be an emotionally fraught experience—especially during this tumultuous moment of...

November 23, 2015

A Pilgrimage to Ferguson for Racial Justice

by Jeanelle E. Austin, Director of Operations at the William E. Pannell Center for African...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

‘The Earth Is Filled with Violence Because of Them’: Guns Seen Through the Lens of Genesis

Editor's Note: This piece is part of a conversation Patheos is hosting on the new...

October 14, 2015

Depression and the Church

By Dr. Cameron Lee Recently, I did a memorial service for a man who took...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

Letters of Reference

By Dr. Cameron Lee Let’s face it. Graduate school—even a graduate theological seminary—is to some...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

Pastoring in a Missionary Key: Caring and Sending

By Dr. Kurt Fredrickson Eugene Peterson once said: “Being a pastor, if called to it,...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Responding to Gun Violence as Followers of Christ, Part 3

In recent years, some of the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary have sought ways to...

June 05, 2015

Invocation: A Prayer of Transition

By Michael Wright I wrote the following prayer specifically for our graduating class, and Laura Harbert read...

June 02, 2015

Responding to Gun Violence as Followers of Christ, Part 2

In recent years, some of the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary have sought ways to...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Responding to Gun Violence as Followers of Christ, Part 1

In recent years, some of the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary have sought ways to...

May 15, 2015

Is Christianity a Religion or Relationship? Worship or Ritual?

By Reed Metcalf I attended a church when I was younger that got ripped apart...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Living the Old Testament

Brueggemann’s Theology of the Old Testament, Part 5. Part of a series preparing for Brueggemann’s lectures at...

April 06, 2015

“And Now… This!”

By Richard J. Mouw In his classic 1985 critique of the mass media,...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

Whole Women, Whole Leaders

By Rachel Paprocki I grew up spending a week every summer at a Christian camp...

March 13, 2015

Beating Up the Family

By Reed Metcalf I like to revisit books years after having read them...

March 09, 2015

Conversion and Discipleship

By Dr. Kurt Fredrickson Following Jesus is more of a journey than it is...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

The Prophets, Jesus, and the Hope of God: Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination

By Reed Metcalf My experience has been that many folks struggle to understand...

February 23, 2015

That’s My Story and I’m Sticking To It

By Dr. Cameron Lee What was it like growing up in your family? Many...

February 20, 2015

The Big Problem with ‘Cyclists’

By David Moore When I rode my bike, nothing made me angrier than cars not...

February 16, 2015

The Twelve Steps: Too Christian or Not Christian Enough?

by Dr. Dale S. Ryan Just about everyone who is actually working a twelve step...

February 09, 2015

Of Collaborators and Winter Coats

By Dr. Tod Bolsinger “No one would live in Boston without owning a winter coat....

February 06, 2015

The God Who Pursues Us Relentlessly

by Reed Metcalf I will never forget discovering that a dear friend of mine had...

February 03, 2015

Jon Stewart and Avoiding a Narrow Mind

By Dr. Kara Powell This post is an authorized republication of a post that originally...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

The World is Getting Better

By David Moore Running The Burner as I have for the past five years, I’ve...

January 15, 2015

Work Bolstered by Faith

By Dr. Mark Labberton Of all the questions circling around vocation, perhaps this one is...

January 09, 2015

It Takes A Village

By Rachel Paprocki I have one of those familiar-looking faces that often fools people into...