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Starr King School for the Ministry is proud to announce that Dr. Hugo Córdova Quero will be serving as our new Director of Online Education. Dr. Córdova Quero has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Starr King since 2009. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member Graduate Theological Union, an instructor at Multidisciplinary

Dear Ones— I am writing with difficult news: the resignations of Starr King faculty members Dr. Dorsey Blake, Associate Professor of Spirituality and Prophetic Justice; and Rev. Kurt Kuhwald, Assistant Professor of Preaching, Pastoral Care, and Social Change. Their resignations will take effect on January 9, 2015. For those students registered for spring classes taught

Abbey Tennis Interim Advancement Director Graduate of Starr King, Class of 2014 What inspired you to become a religious leader? A few things … above anything else, I simply feel called to religious leadership. That inspiration is outside the realm of logic, outside of any “pro/con” list about what career to choose… but when the

Amanda Weatherspoon 2nd Year, M.Div. Student What inspired you to become a religious leader? I was doing social work for about 10 or so years. Then around when I started doing social work professionally after college, I also started attending the local UU congregation. And the values just aligned so well with my values around

Dear members of our beloved Starr King community, By now you will have heard of the Board’s actions and recommendations in response to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee. I believe this allows the board, the school, and the broader community to begin a new chapter of healing, renewal, and recommitment. As some of

Dear Members of the Starr King Community, As your Board of Trustees, we hold the Starr King School for the Ministry in trust on behalf of each of you – current students, faculty, staff, donors, and alumni of the School. We write now to you, those on whose behalf we serve. While we are aware

Shay MacKay 3rd Year, M.Div. Student Member of the Board of Trustees What inspired you to become a religious leader? Right after college, I joined an organization called the Jesuit Volunteer Corps… because I didn’t want to go to graduate school (laugh). They sent me to Washington to work in a homeless shelter and from

Jessica Clay 3rd Year, M.Div. Student Student Body President (2014 – 2015) What inspired you to become a religious leader? I found Unitarian Universalism when I turned 30, and I felt like something was missing in my life. I took an online quiz, “What religion are you?” And it said: ‘Unitarian Universalist.’ I had never

Dear Ones— One of the privileges that come with leading Starr King is the chance to make common cause for justice with other African-American religious leaders.  One such opportunity arose this past week when I attended the annual gathering of African American Presidents and Deans of Theological Schools in Raleigh, NC, sponsored by the Association

Presented to Granite Peak UU Congregation December, 2014   Before I tell you briefly about Rumi, I want to let you know there is an excellent fictional account written by Elif Shafak called The Forty Rules of Love that I would recommend. Rumi writes: “Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened.