Students gain perspective on homelessness
Students experienced some of the challenges Seattle’s
unsheltered population faces on a daily basis through
Urban Plunge, an annual homelessness immersive
experience. By walking the streets and hearing from
social service agencies, the four-day event in April helped
students encounter the complexity of people’s stories and
compounding challenges, and they learned what resources are
available to the city’s homeless population.
Wall co-authors
“Reading Scripture as
Wesleyans” article
The School of
Theology’s Rob
Wall, Paul T. Walls
Professor of Scripture
and Wesleyan Studies,
co-authored the article,
“Reading Scripture as
Wesleyans,” for Catalyst, a newsletter for seminarians and
clergy located in and shaped by the Methodist/Wesleyan
tradition. In this essay, Wall defines the core elements of
a distinctively Wesleyan reading of Scripture in worship,
instruction, mission, and personal devotions. The article
is part of the rollout of The Wesley One-Volume Bible
Commentary (Abingdon Press, 2020), co-edited by Wall. Wall retired in June 2021 after 43 years at Seattle Pacific University.
McCaulley delivers
Palmer Lecture
The Rev. Canon Esau
McCaulley, PhD, gave
the 2021 virtual Alfred
S. Palmer lecture,
“Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope” in February. McCaulley is a New Testament scholar
and Anglican priest who studied under N.T. Wright. His
lecture, based on his second book, looked at the tradition
of African American biblical interpretation and argued
that the Bible is rightly understood when read from a
decidedly Black perspective.
Fledgling entrepreneurs study intersection of faith
and business
A weekly small group of juniors and seniors, Entrepreneur
in the Making, met to examine the intersection of faith
and business. The group was a collaboration between
the School of Business, Government, and Economics
and University Ministries to provide accountability,
networking, and talent management for SPU student-entrepreneurs
who want to influence the world with their
social impact ventures.