Hello Friends, I have a few more favorite things to share! I’m on vacation this week and so my post this morning is brief. Here are three recent images I hope you will enjoy. We’ve been running a fun series…
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3MMM | Episode 206: Adam DJ Brett’s Favorite Things
EDITORIAL NOTE: We are offering a summer series of “My Favorite Things” this year. And this week, 3MMM Team Member Adam DJ Brett is on the blog. Adam holds a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University, where he studied religion,…
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3MMM | Episode 202: Erin’s Favorite Things
We are offering a summer series of “My Favorite Things” this year, and 3MMM Team Member Erin Robinson Hall shares some of her favorites. Things that are making her and her family happy this summer. You can also find more…
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3MMM | Episode 201: Elizabeth-Anne’s Favorite Things
EDITORIAL NOTE: We are offering a summer series of “My Favorite Things” this year, and 3MMM Team Member Elizabeth-Anne Lovell is on the blog today. We think you’ll enjoy reading about Elizabeth-Anne’s favorite things! We launched something new over on…
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3MMM | Episode 200: My Favorite Things of the Moment
I am going to share three of my favorite things of the moment with you today. We are kicking off a series that focuses on what is bringing us joy right now — this summer. We are not simply ignoring…
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3MMM | Episode 84: Why Music Matters
In our last Episode 83, Pete and I talked about why ministers need to study culture. He gave us two reasons: People come to seminary shaped and formed by culture innately — largely unawares. Reflexivity is that significance of learning…
Read MoreBlack History Month – Rose Marie McCoy
Hidden Talents Black History Month – Day 3 This afternoon I heard on NPR a remembrance of Rose Marie McCoy, who died at age 92 in on January 20. She was “one of the most prolific songwriters you’ve never heard of,” and she…
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3MMM | Episode 199: Pray. Read. Write.
Pray. Read. Write. This three-part creative process is one of the most enduring patterns of work in my life. I have been praying and reading and writing and creating as long as I can remember. They are the forms of…
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3MMM | Episode 195: Appreciation for Bonnie Miller-McLemore
This week and next I invite you to join me in celebrating two of my senior colleagues, so I’ll be offering appreciation for Bonnie Miller-McLemore and Pamela Cooper-White. Vanderbilt Divinity School marked Bonnie’s retirement on Saturday night along with six…
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3MMM | Episode 185: Self Compassion
Self compassion. Who needs it? Well, all the humans. It is hard, however, to love others when we struggle to love ourselves. This can be reality for many people. Sometimes it is just a season. For others it is an…
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3MMM | Episode 162: Change-Ups
Last week, on the heels of a summer with everyone in my family off on their own adventures, I met up with my husband, Lynn, in New York City. We enjoyed walking through the city streets and parks, riding the…
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3MMM | Episode 142: Lenten Practices
Have you figured out your Lenten practices yet? Lent is coming soon! This week in fact. Wait. What? Wasn’t Jesus just in diapers? Now we are sending him out alone? Into the wilderness to face wild beasts? Well actually. Jesus…
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3MMM | Episode 136: Podcasting & Permission Slips
Welcome to Season Four of Three Minute Ministry Mentor! We have some great stuff to share today. Everything from podcasting and permission slips to the Women of the Civil Rights movement. Good that it’s a holiday and maybe you have…
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Permission to Listen | Guest Post by Elizabeth-Anne Lovell
How I Gave Myself Permission to Listen to Podcasts I remember the day so well — siting on my couch in my old apartment on Woodmont Boulevard. Hardwood floors, windows open, coffee in hand, as I pressed play on the…
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3MMM | Pandemic Permission Project
Pandemic Permission Project. Sometimes we need that extra little bump of encouragement. We need permission to focus on care for ourselves and care for our beloved communities. Pandemic Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know you’re tired of hearing about the pandemic.…
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3MMM | Episode 130: 10 Ways to Appreciate Clergy
This week, Eileen Campbell-Reed is enjoying some time away to rest and rejuvenate. Many thanks to Erin Robinson Hall for today’s post. She has 10 fantastic ways to show appreciation and honor clergy who make difference in your life. It’s…
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3MMM | Episode 107: Katharine Lassiter on Emotional Intelligence
Happy Monday Morning, Friends! Did you know that every episode this year in 3MMM Season Three is about a topic that is also a chapter in my new book Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life? Did you…
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3MMM | Episode 100: Alfie Wines on Equity in Ministry
Welcome to Episode 100 of Three Minute Ministry Mentor! We are taking a moment to celebrate that milestone. We have worked really hard to both inform and inspire you as you learn and grow in your practice of ministry! Celebrate…
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3MMM | Summer Self-Care Giveaways
Pandemic. Protest. Parenting. Pedagogy. Pastoring. Whew! This is probably the strangest and most demanding summer in living memory for most of us! We are challenged in new ways. We are facing demands at every turn. And we are trying to…
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3MMM | Episode 70: Pastoral Questions
Not only has the world turned upside down in this long pandemic season, now it is also in flames. It burns with fires that seek change. It burns with holy calls for justice. Even as the world burns, even as…
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