Dwight J. Friesen

“On the Nature of Daylight”

I was recently introduced to the work of the British composer and pianist, Max Richter. Richter works within postminimalism and in the meeting of contemporary classical and alternative popular musical styles. Simply beautiful. Check out his website. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen September 13, 2013September 11, 2022

New Parish Leadership

Parish Collective together with The Seattle School have launched a place based leadership certificate. Participants of the Leadership in the New Parish Certificate at The Seattle School share their experience and what they’re discovering. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen June 4, 2013January 13, 2021

“Keep Breathing”

Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson The storm is coming but I don’t mindPeople are dying, I close my blindsAll that I know is I’m breathing nowI want to change the world, and instead I sleepI want to believe in more

Dwight J. Friesen May 12, 2013April 13, 2024

“A Brief for the Defense”

A Brief for the Defense by Jack Gilbert Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. But we enjoy our lives because that’s what God wants. Otherwise the

Dwight J. Friesen April 19, 2013September 20, 2022

Inhabit Conference 2013

Inhabit: The Art of Parish Renewal April 19-20, 2013, Seattle, WA The last two years the Inhabit Conference “Sold Out!” Hundreds of parish leaders gathered to celebrate the move toward a more embodied, participatory, and sustainable way of being the

Dwight J. Friesen March 1, 2013May 5, 2022

Grieving the Death of Richard Twiss

You cannot have unity in the absence of diversity. Unity is only possible if diversity exists. RICHARD TWISS February 9, 2013 Tayoate Ob Najin (He Stands with His People) died. Richard Leo Twiss was a truly great man. A husband,

Dwight J. Friesen February 11, 2013November 3, 2022

Dr. Perkins on Getting Involved

Civil rights activitst, Christian minister, community developer and best selling author Dr. John Perkins breifly talks about personal transformation through getting involved. One can’t sit on the side lines, and just collect ideas, get advice, or stay abstracted… the Jordan

Dwight J. Friesen February 5, 2013May 8, 2022

“A Little Bit of Everything”

A Little Bit of Everything by Dawes With his back against the San Francisco traffic, On the bridges side that faces towards the jail, Setting out to join a demographic, He hoists his first leg up over the rail. And

Dwight J. Friesen January 24, 2013January 25, 2022

Dwight’s Top Ten Books of 2012

Here’s my list of book picks form 2012 (have a listed a few books published last year which I didn’t get to until 2012). I am grateful for the women and men who birthed these books into being; your labor

Dwight J. Friesen December 22, 2012October 28, 2022

Doug Pagitt Radio

Got to hang out with Doug Pagitt as he recorded a Doug Pagitt Radio show from a small classroom at The Seattle School. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen October 26, 2012January 14, 2021

Flash Mob… So Beautiful

Came across this video the other day… wow! Why is this so contagious? I can’t stop watching this. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen August 15, 2012November 29, 2023

Leadership in the New Parish Think-Tank

If you know me at all, then you know how passionate I am about the mission of the grad school where I get to teach. You may have already heard that The Seattle School was recently awarded a grant to

Dwight J. Friesen February 16, 2012June 7, 2022

Dwight’s Top Ten Books of 2011

Here’s my top ten list of books from 2011. Most years I try to pull together a list of the recently published books that have worked their way into my imagination in some important way. Surely more books could be

Dwight J. Friesen December 15, 2011October 28, 2022

“The Seattle School” has arrived

I’m excited to inform you that as of the beginning of last week we officially changed the name of our school – Mars Hill Graduate School is now The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. The staff has been hard

Dwight J. Friesen August 17, 2011January 14, 2021

Come Hang out with Mark Scandrette

On June 30, 2011 (Thursday) you are welcome to come over to my place and spend the evening with others committed to being formed in the Way of Jesus. Mark Scandrette will be with us, 7:00 pm (bring wine and/or

Dwight J. Friesen June 17, 2011May 31, 2022

On Being Wrong

Last month Kathryn Schulz delivered an outstanding TED talk on the idea of “Being Wrong.” Early in her talk she askes her audience what it feels like to be wrong. The audience responds with. “awful”, thumbs-down, embarrassing, etc. To which

Dwight J. Friesen April 14, 2011December 21, 2023

inhabit conference: seattle, april 29-30

There is a tectonic shift happening under the surface of the church in North America. Parishioners are returning to the parish. The greater our individual mobility extends, the greater the world’s longing and need for a faith that can be

Dwight J. Friesen March 9, 2011May 13, 2022

come hang out with Steve Knight

My friend Steve Knight is going to be in the Seattle area this week. You may know his blog, knightopia, Steve is one of the primary organizers of TransFORM which held its first big conference in DC last year. And he is

Dwight J. Friesen January 26, 2011May 7, 2022

pedagogy of presence with Jon Stanley

Navigating the cacophonous choruses of our culture’s religious and secular fundamentalists can be overwhelming. What does it mean for Christians to be salt and light in this acrimonious cultural climate? How might Christians live faithfully without colluding with partisan shouting?

Dwight J. Friesen January 21, 2011October 21, 2020

Dwight’s Top Ten Books of 2010

Here’s my top ten list of books from 2010. At the end of each year I compile a list of the recently published books that have worked their way into my imagination in some important way. Surely more books could

Dwight J. Friesen January 6, 2011October 28, 2022

“Swim Until You Can’t See Land”

“Swim Until You Can’t See Land” by Frightened Rabbit I salute at the threshold of the North Sea of my mindAnd I nod to the boredom that drove me here to face the tideAnd I swim, I swim, oh swimDip

Dwight J. Friesen December 4, 2010October 4, 2024

seattle’s misisonal clustering

Richard Florida, author of the international best seller Who’s Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where you Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, writes to put it simply, about the importance of place. In his introduction

Dwight J. Friesen November 23, 2010May 7, 2022

Great post about my Grandma

After spending some time with my grandmother, my cousin wrote a beautiful blog post. the journey of a diamond “Her arms held a million wrinkles and 100 million memories as well. As we (my mother and I) entered the room

Dwight J. Friesen November 7, 2010November 10, 2021

Reflections after 2010 Emergent Theological Conversation

So I got home at 2:30 this morning after being in Atlanta for the Emergent Villages 11th Annual Theological Conversation. This conversation was different in a lot of ways from prior conversations. Most often the conversations have focused on unscripted

Dwight J. Friesen November 5, 2010January 14, 2021

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