- May 30, 2023
In this Donor Spotlight, we’re pleased to introduce you to Jacob Perez, the vice president of PSR's Alumnx Council, Youth Education Coordinator of First Christian Church in Concord, CA, and founder of the boutique digital advertising and marketing agency, VOLUME Branding.
- March 28, 2023
Learn more about the work and ministries of these five remarkable individuals who are emblematic of PSR’s mission to create a world where all can thrive!
- February 27, 2023
As we begin our new series, “Donor Spotlight,” we are delighted to introduce you to PSR alumnx and former board member, Stanley Watson.
- February 24, 2023
The Alumnx Council of PSR meets bi-monthly. As a practice, they take turns sharing “This I Believe.” We’ll post these inspiring testimonials as they are created. This month’s post is from Jacob Perez (MTS 2021). I believe that one of the most important responsibilities of spiritual leaders is nurturing the theological formation of our...
- February 21, 2023
Bishop Yvette A. Flunder is a preacher, pastor, activist, author, and singer based in Oakland, CA. She’s the senior pastor of the City of Refuge UCC and Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries. Born and raised in San Francisco, Flunder grew up in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) but joined...
- February 14, 2023
A profile of PSR alumnx Marvin K. White a writer, preacher, visual artist, organizer, and Minister of Celebration at the historic GLIDE Memorial Church.
- February 7, 2023
A profile of PSR alumnx Dr. Kit Evans-Ford (MDiv ‘12) the founder and director of Argrow’s House of Healing and Hope in Davenport, IA
- February 1, 2023
A profile of PSR alumnx Rev. Dr. John H. Vaughn (MDiv ‘85) the Executive Pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
- January 26, 2023
The Stanley Watson Endowed Chair in Ethics is funded by alumnx and former board member Stan Watson who came to PSR to study ethics and health care in the wake of the AIDS crisis.
- January 21, 2023
The Alumnx Council of PSR meets bi-monthly. As a practice, they take turns sharing “This I believe.” We’ll post these inspiring testimonials as they are created. This month’s post is from Richard Nugent (MDiv 1996) I believe in the power of community – communities grounded in the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual growth of each...
- November 7, 2022
Each month we reach out to the Pacific School of Religion (PSR) community to get their perspective on important, often polarizing issues. In October we asked PSR alumnx, faculty, and students about religion and politics ahead of the midterm elections.
- November 2, 2022
Congratulations to PSR alumnx Dr. Sarai Crain, chosen as California's first-ever sexual assault evidence outreach coordinator.
- October 27, 2022
Diana Becton (MTS, 2015), a member of PSR's Alumnx Council, shares her thoughts on criminal justice reform in this month's "This I Believe"
- October 21, 2022
On October 20th, PSR Alumnx, Bishop Yvette A. Flunder (MA '97) was given a key to the City of Oakland, CA as part of the city's first Love Life Day which honors, "those who are uplifting love and helping prevent violence in our communities."
- September 26, 2022
Each month we reach out to the Pacific School of Religion (PSR) community to get their perspective on important, often polarizing issues. In September we asked PSR alumnx, faculty, and students about reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
- July 20, 2022
Carolyn Roberts (MDiv '75) a member of PSR's Alumnx Council shares her thoughts in this month's "This I Believe"
- July 19, 2022
Rev. Thorne will be the first African American woman and the third PSR alumnx to serve as Senior Minister at Riverside Church.
- July 15, 2022
Pacific School of Religion alumnx and influential leader in the United Church of Christ, Rev. Teruo “Terry” Kawata, died July 1 at 94.
- July 7, 2022
Wisdom is the ability to hold multiple truths in tension with one another and negotiate that tension towards flourishing.
- June 24, 2022
To celebrate Pride, award-winning musician, trans activist and current MDiv student Ryan Cassata and PSR alumnx Loey Powell (MDiv ‘77), one of the first out lesbians ordained in a mainline denomination, shared their experiences as LGBTQ+ pioneers, why they were drawn to seminary and how PSR helped them build community that fueled their activism. PSR president...
- May 24, 2022
We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether, beloved Pacific School of Religion (PSR) and Graduate Theological Union (GTU) teacher, feminist scholar, author, and activist, passed away on Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at 85. Ruether was among the founding mothers of feminist theology but advocated for justice for all, including people of color, the poor, oppressed people the world over, and the Earth.
- March 30, 2022
Dr. Kit Evans Ford (MDiv, 2012) is one of the recipients of the 2022 Tom Locke Innovative Leader Award. The Award is issued by the Wesleyan Investive, an organization that specializes in spiritual leadership and social entrepreneurship. Evans-Ford is the founder of Argrow’s House of Healing and Hope, a bath and body social enterprise that employs female...
- March 20, 2022
Loey Powell (MDiv '77) a member of PSR's Alumnx Council shares his thoughts in this month's "This I Believe"
- February 10, 2022
Florentino Cordova (MDiv '13) a member of PSR's Alumnx Council shares his thoughts in this month's "This I Believe"
- February 2, 2022
PSR Alum, Rev. Dr. John Vaughn, shares his background in ministry and how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired his path towards racial and social equity. Read the full article here.
- January 14, 2022
It is with deep sadness to inform that PSR alum Bishop Wilbur Choy has passed away on December 28, 2021. He was 103 years young. Wilbur Choy was a Stockton native who graduated from PSR with a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1949. He would go on to become one of the leading Bishops of...
- September 13, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/11/1036371531/evangelical-lutheran-church-first-transgender-bishop-megan-rohrer SAN FRANCISCO — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday. The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada. “My call is … to...
- June 10, 2021
We live in unprecedented times. There are over 3 million dead worldwide from novel coronavirus, and over a half a million of those in the United States alone. We read daily in the newspapers of new hotspots in India, Brazil and within the US. Merging with this wave of death has been a wave of...
- June 9, 2021
On Sunday, May 23, 2021, PSR held its 154th Commencement, with thirty-one students graduating. Those assembled provided a range of moving reflections on the graduation theme “Never Going Back: Breaking Wide, Rising Forward.” The theme urged graduates to see the various ways in which God is continuing to do new things in an unprecedented and...
- May 20, 2021
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer has made history this month as the first openly transgender bishop in any mainstream American denomination. They will lead the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Rev. Dr. Rohrer will be installed as bishop on September 11, 2021, at Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek. Rev. Dr. Rohrer graduated in 2005 from Pacific School of Religion...