Tony Hale on the Creative Life and Process
+ Tony Hale, Emmy Award-winning actor, chats about his career in the entertainment industry and how the creative process shapes his understanding of humanity and identity. The post Tony Hale on the...
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View ArticleToy Story 4
Typically, I enjoy the challenge of writing coherently about a current release without spoiling any part of the plot for any of you who may be reading this prior to seeing the movie. Also, I do not...
View ArticleVoices on Race and Inclusion
“Are you going to make space for me, too? Is your ethic and your framework going to make room for my life, too, and my thriving?” + Lisa Thompson, assistant professor of homiletics at Union...
View ArticleSpider-Man: Far From Home
Anthony Edward “Tony” Stark/Iron Man, 53, of New York, died in October of 2023, succumbing to injuries received during a battle with an alien who attempted to obliterate all life in the universe. Or...
View ArticleThe Black Church and the Urban Poor in America | Dwight N. Hopkins
+ Dwight N. Hopkins, the Alexander Campbell Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School, lectures on the tangible lessons from Martin Luther King Jr. on the relationships among...
View ArticleTeesha Hadra and John Hambrick on Race
+ Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick, coauthors of Black and White: Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time, discuss issues of race and the practices of empathy, humility, and leaving one’s comfort...
View ArticleLetter From the President: Suffering With
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any...
View ArticleLetter From the Editor: To Suffer Together that We May Be Transformed Together
I don’t want to do a deep dive on suffering, Associate Professor of Psychology and PsyD Program Chair Cynthia Eriksson told the FULLER studio editorial advisory board last year. She preferred to focus...
View ArticleBenediction: Acts that Speak the Good Word
The platform of the Chinatown Metro Station offers an expansive view of Los Angeles. City Hall and Union Station tower above surrounding buildings. The Financial District’s skyscrapers stand farther...
View ArticleFrom Withdrawal to Suffering With
The natural human response to pain is withdrawal. We hide, avoid, numb, deflect, and blame. It is normal to protect oneself. But the gospel tells a different story: Jesus is moved with compassion....
View ArticleResponding to Suicide With the Ministry of God’s Presence
“Student committed suicide, please call ASAP.” The text flashed across my phone while I was sitting in my Tuesday night Bible study. It is the kind of text I have received countless times before, and...
View ArticleDolorisimo or Orthopathos? Latin American Theologies of Suffering
I have a vivid childhood memory of devotional candles, available for purchase at the grocery store in my Los Angeles neighborhood, adorned with truly gory pictures of the suffering of Christ. In one...
View ArticleThe Curses of God’s People: Dynamics of a Genuine Covenantal Interaction
After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz from Teman, “I’m angry at you and your two friends because you haven’t spoken about me correctly as did my servant Job. So now, take...
View ArticleComposing a Lament for the Persecuted: Suffering with the Suffering Church
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:10) I have had a fulfilling life as a musician in various roles: worship leader, pastor,...
View ArticleSuffering from Within: Suffering With Those for Whom Suffering Is a Way of Life
I am a Black, Christian woman. I am a wife, mother, advocate, and psychological assistant. I am a daughter of the Black church and a student of Western psychology. I have often felt I was living in...
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View ArticleOnce Upon A Time In Hollywood
A lot of time is spent doing not much in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, the latest film from Quentin Tarantino. Characters drive around greater Los Angeles, watch television, go to the movies, read...
View ArticleA Hug and a Coke
As Kristalyn Jo Simler (MAGL ’11) approached her 40th birthday, she started to feel that her time at Young Life International, where she’d worked for 13 years, was done. While she wholeheartedly...
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