Fuller Magazine Issue Four

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Jaday LaMadrid

Mother and daughter Genoveva and Jaday LaMadrid both find ministry through their studies at Fuller
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Why the Church and the Academy Need Recovery Ministry

There is a natural kinship between followers of Jesus and those who participate in 12-step fellowships
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Growing Up at Fuller

Mother and daughter Genoveva and Jaday LaMadrid both find ministry through their studies at Fuller
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Hello, My Name Is _________________

Personal stories from Fuller community members attest to the transformative power of 12-step programs
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A Way With Words

Poet, scholar, and counselor Gabriel Qi reflects on the Psalms and their power to heal through poetry

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Organized Noise

Fuller students at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival engage the nexus of contemporary music and theology

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Different Bridge, Different Story

Pastors Joy Johnson and Bret Widman work together toward reconciliation in Sacramento
Theology

Reconciling Race

Pain brought to speech turns to energy, and pain not brought to speech turns to violence

Joy J. Moore
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Working Together Toward Racial Reconciliation

Joy Moore and Bill Pannell together offer comments on reconciling race

Joy J. Moore
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Bridges and Marchers

Quotes from Fuller Seminary's "Do Black Lives Really Matter?" panel trace a narrative arc from suffering to hope
Theology

The Fuller Difference: To Be a Christian Intellectual

Allow me to name three powers that a Christian intellectual must confront, asks Willie Jennings

Willie James Jennings
Theology

Empathic and Incarnational: A Better Christian Ethic at Fuller

Christ’s model, claims Reggie Williams, leads to a real-world experience of our neighbor as God has presented her to us

Reggie Williams
Theology

Yearning for Reconciliation

I was moved, says Labberton, by their stories of being African American young men in Southern California and at Fuller Seminary

Mark Labberton
Theology

Race Relations in the Church in the Age of Obama

Interpersonal interdependence between the races, argues Love Sechrest, is at the heart of the gospel vision for the church

Love L. Sechrest
Theology

Dreaming God’s Dreams

Juan Martínez reflects on migrant workers, immigration, and the civil rights movement

Juan Francisco Martínez
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Forgiveness and Justice: Two Keys to Reconciliation

Ethicist Hak Joon Lee refutes evangelicals who think forgiveness alone is sufficient in achieving reconciliation

Hak Joon Lee
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Benediction: Comfort Women

Three friends unearth their culture's painful past and begin the process of healing
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From Mark Labberton

The center to which Christians turn to find our bearings, whether about race or sexuality, is the cross of Jesus Christ
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From the Editor

Editor-in-Chief Lauralee Farrer says this issue on race and reconciliation is the the most challenging work she has done
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Issue 4 Artwork
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Voices on Work

Voices on work: one of our greatest privileges, work can even be poetic
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Voices on Worship

Excerpts from many disciplines reflect on the ongoing creative work of Christian worship
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Voices on Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a journey . . . we have no control over the end . . . yet the journey must begin

Credits

Fuller Staff

MAGAZINE PRODUCTION

Mark Labberton, President
C. Douglas McConnell, Provost and Senior VP
Irene Neller, VP Communications, Marketing, Admissions
Lauralee Farrer, Corporate Storyteller
Randall Cole, Creative Director
TJ Lee, Managing Editor
Michael Wright, Associate Editor
Brandon Hook, Design
Nate Harrison, Senior Photographer and Video Storyteller
Becky Still, Contributing Editor
Susan Carlson Wood, Technical Editor
Denise Louise Klitsie, Principal Illustrator
Adam Gossman, Archivist
Jinna Jin, Keon Sang An, Seung Woo Lee, Alexandra Moon, and Emmanuel Moon, Translation Services

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Steve Babuljak, Kensington Church, Steven Henderson, Jennifer Hill, Brandon Hook, Cindy Lee, Daniel Lee, TJ Lee, Tamara McMahon, Don Milici, Jonathan Stoner, Eric Tai, Jonathan Yip, Jennifer Yount

Advisory Boards

THEOLOGY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Joel B. Green, PhD, Chair, Dean, School of Theology
Ryan Bolger, PhD, Associate Professor of Church in Contemporary Culture
D. Scott Cormode, PhD, Academic Dean, School of Theology
J. Andrew Dearman, PhD, Associate Dean, Fuller Texas
Kurt Fredrickson, PhD, Associate Dean of DMin and Continuing Education
Mark Labberton, PhD, President
Evelyne A. Reisacher, PhD, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Intercultural Relations
Brad D. Strawn, PhD, Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology
Miyoung Yoon Hammer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Marital and Family Therapy

FULLER MAGAZINE ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY BOARD

Mary Hubbard Given, VP for Alumni and Church Relations
Todd Johnson, William K. and Delores S. Brehm Associate Professor of Worship, Theology, and the Arts
Steve Smith, Director of Admissions
Marcus Sun, Director of Marketing Strategy and Analytics
Jon Yasuda, VP for Development
Reed Metcalf, Media Relations Specialist