Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 7, Episode 4: Pursuing Reconciliation Through Bravery and Action
Host Mo King sits down with Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, a pastor, dynamic speaker, award-winning author, and professor, about her mission to empower emerging Christian leaders to practice reconciliation in their communities.
Rev. Dr. John H. Vaughn Urges PSR’s Graduates to Emerge Unafraid and Love Unconditionally
Read the full text of Rev. Dr. John H. Vaughn (MDiv ‘85)’s inspiring address at PSR’s 157th Commencement.
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 7, Episode 3: Black Space: Cultivating Identity and Community in Education
Host Mo King sits down with Lauren Snelling and Dori King to discuss their experiences as parents and educators and the importance of storytelling in their respective fields.
Building a Ministry That Serves Housing Insecure and Homeless Students: A Reflection by D. Lopez
Incoming Doctor of Ministry student D. Lopez shares the work that has become their ministry ensuring housing and education for housing-insecure and homeless students in Fort Collins, CO.
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 7, Episode 2: Navigating Christian Ethics in a Complex World
Host Mo King sits down with esteemed scholars Dr. Traci West and PSR Professor Dr. Lisa Asedillo to explore how to transform faith into tangible action and illuminate the path toward ethical living and social justice in today’s world.
Dr. Lisa Asedillo Awarded PSR’s 2024 Faculty Excellence Award
Join the entire Pacific School of Religion (PSR) community in congratulating Dr. Lisa Asedillo for being awarded this year’s Faculty Excellence Award!
Deconstructing Lent: a Sermon by Bernard Schlager
Bernie Schlager, PSR faculty and the executive director of CLGS, shares a sermon on deconstructing Lent: More than being called to undertake penance, self-denial, fasting, and face our temptations in life, our spiritual traditions call upon us to do the work of justice- making.
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 7, Episode 1: Faith, Trust, and Meaning Making in Community
In this season’s premiere, host Mo King sits down with spiritual leaders Rev. Adriene Thorne (MDiv ’08) PSR alumnx, and Senior Minister of the historic Riverside Church in NYC, and PSR’s President Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy.
Watch MDiv Student LeJon Payne Preach at Stanford University’s Black Church: University Praise & Worship
Watch current PSR MDiv student Rev. Dr. LeJon Payne preached at Stanford University’s Black Church: University Praise & Worship.
PSR and CLGS Applaud Papal Approval of Blessings for Same-Sex Couples
We hope this historic and significant step toward the celebration of committed relationships between same-sex couples is the first of many from the Vatican in the movement towards full acceptance and inclusion of our LGBTQ+ Catholic family.