This I Believe: Dr. Daniel Rodriguez Schlorff (DMin ’19)

The Alumnx Council of PSR meets bi-monthly. As a practice, they take turns sharing “This I Believe.” This month’s post is from Dr. Daniel Rodriguez Schlorff (DMin ’19).
Practical Advice for Religious Leaders Planning Transgender Day of Remembrance Events by Jakob Hero-Shaw

Advice for faith leaders from Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw, the Coordinator of the CLGS Transgender Roundtable and Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Tampa.
Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism — an Op-Ed by PSR President Dr. David Vásquez-Levy

Christian nationalism, and the ideologies that have fueled it from the very founding of our nation, have left a centuries-long trail of devastation that continues to this day.
Progressive Voices of Faith: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

This month we asked PSR’s faculty, students, staff, alumnx, and board for their thoughts on the rise of Christian nationalism.
Professor Dorsey Blake Honors Mentor in “Howard Thurman: Seeking, Queering and Transcending”

On Nov 7th Pacific School of Religion (PSR) professor Rev. Dr. Dorsey Odell Blake gave the 48th annual Graduate Theological Union ‘s (GTU) Distinguished Faculty Lecture.
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 9: Summoning Radical Imagination

In this episode, Mo sits down with Dave Dawkins, communication design lead at IDEO.org, to talk about this change and the importance of summoning radical imagination in this time.
President David Vásquez-Levy Announces Release of PSR’s 2022-23 Annual Report

Watch a message from PSR President David Vásquez-Levy about PSR’s 2023 Annual Report, Dreaming into Action, Unafraid Since 1866, and the work the PSR community made possible.
Statement from the Badè Museum on the Conflict in Israel and Gaza

As a museum dedicated to advancing knowledge of the archaeology of ancient Israel and Palestine, the Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology mourns the loss of life in modern Israel and Gaza and grieves for families experiencing terror, loss of life, and displacement throughout the region.
The Genesis of CLGS, The Country’s Oldest Seminary-Based LGBTQ+ Center

Learn about the history and impact of PSR’s Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion
DMin Student Rev. Karen Van Fossan Publishes Memoir, A Fire at the Center

In A Fire at the Center, Van Fossan takes readers behind the scenes of the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, to penitentiaries where prisoners of war have carried the movement onward, to the jail cell where she was held for protesting Line 3, to a reimagining of decolonized family constellations, and to moments of collective hope and strength.