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How can we shape our discernment practices? Consider how to discern renewal of purpose and vocation in your life with these questions.

Have a listen to this conversation from our recent “Tending the Fires” virtual event with Rev. Dr. Kadia Edwards and Rev. Dr. Duane Bidwell. More on these ministers, here.  

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Our lives, our churches, and ministry itself have changed. And more changes keep coming from the ripple effects of the pandemic. These realities open up questions about vocation and purpose of work and life.

We recently offered a live zoom event for ministers, chaplains, professors, and lay leaders called “Tending the Fires.” Vocation is one of the fires in our lives that needs regular tending. If we want to keep our  purpose and focus for life clear, then we need to give questions of vocational discernment our consistent, compassionate attention.

Have a listen to this practical exercise from our recent “Tending the Fires” virtual event. Eileen Campbell-Reed offers four questions that help you see what your current situation offers you. Grab your copy of the free printable used in this episode here: https://3mmm.us/TendingFires  

Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: 
https://pandemicpastoring.org 

Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome 

Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.” 

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How will we honor what we have done before we look forward? Honoring the ways we spend our energy and love is a counter to false dreams of consumer culture.

During the recent “Tending the Fires” virtual event, Eileen Campbell-Reed talked with fellow pastoral theologian, Rev. Dr. Duane Bidwell. He works in medical education with the Veterans Administration. Duane has a “Ten Things I Did that Mattered” practice that invites us to honor how we spend our energy. 

Want to find out more? More about #pastoralimagination and naming our 10 Things here. 

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What are you reading this week, and have you considered how to read with your fully embodied and relational self?

Whatever is happening in the world, we still read. We read for news and information. Reading inspires and moves us to action. We read so that we can prepare to preach and teach and organize our communities of faith. We still have a long way to go, when reading scripture, to make room for everyone in the text.

Listen as host Eileen Campbell-Reed interviews Rev. Dr. Angela Parker about her book If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I?  Together they discuss how important it is to read scripture in ways that makes room for everyone’s experiences. And, in particular making space for Black and Brown bodies to show up and be seen and heard with each reading of the text. 

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Join the conversation as 3MMM's host Eileen Campbell-Reed interviews author, minister, and mother Traci Smith. What started out as a way to teach and nurture her own children’s faith in honest, messy and every day ways, turned into the Faithful Families book series.  

If you have children, minister with children, or are part of a community of faith that includes children, you need to know about this series! Faithful Families help parents and ministry leaders give words and spiritual practices to support following Jesus. The books are unapologetically progressive in their approach and theology.

In their conversation, Traci offers a treasure trove of ideas, creative thinking about how to handle theology, practice, and learning for children. We hope this will help inspire your pastoral imagination! 

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Now is a good time to remind everyone that you have permission to read a book. Any book, in fact!  

We are reminding you to give yourself permission to read. It might seem like a small thing in the moment, yet it prepares us with both spiritual support and also important information to do the big things we are called to do in ministry, like parenting, teaching, writing and life.

So, what will you give yourself permission to read this week?

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