Editor’s Note:ย Today we welcome Rev. Jake Hall as our guest! Jake lives in Macon, GA with his wife Erin and their children. He is the Director of Initiatives in Faith and Culture at Mercer University’s Eula Mae and John…
Read MoreHow to Survive the Holidays: Listen!
How will you survive the holidays this year?ย ย Listen up! The holidays are here, and children everywhere are thrilled. But many teenagers and adults are wondering, how will we survive the holidays? Great question. Even in a normal year, so…
Read MoreHow to Survive Tough Conversations: 5 Guidelines for Brave Church | Guest Blog by Elizabeth Hagan
Editor’s Note:ย Today we welcome Rev. Elizabeth Hagan as our guest! Most recently Elizabeth served the Palisades Community Church in Washington, DC as senior minister. She is a graduate of Samford University and Duke Divinity School. She is also the…
Read MoreGuest Post | How to Survive a Tornado by Pastor Lisa Hammonds | Part II
Editors Note: We are grateful to Rev. Lisa Hammonds, pastor of St. John AME Church, North Nashville, for sharing this two-part story of leading her congregation through tornado recovery. Read about the night of March 3 in How to Survive…
Read MoreGuest Post | How to Survive a Tornado by Pastor Lisa Hammonds | Part I
Editors Note: Rev. Lisa Hammonds is pastor of St. John AME Church in North Nashville. We asked her to share her story of pastoring her congregation through the March 3 Nashville Tornados. If you would like to support the church…
Read MoreHow to Survive College Ministry: Guest Blog by Wanda Kidd
This week, many college students are returning to campus or virtual classrooms. College administrators are reshaping plans and policies for college life in a pandemic setting. What will ministry with college students look like this year? What are the best…
Read MoreHow To Survive Zoom Fatigue: Guest Blog by Phoebe Capps
This week we want to share a guest blog by Phoebe Capps, church intern at First Baptist Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia. Phoebe’s responsibilities include working with children and youth.ย She shares with us what she is learning about…
Read MoreHow To Survive Your Internship in a Pandemic by Kim McKay Allen
Please enjoy this post by my friend, recent graduate of Central Seminary, and chaplain, Kim McKay Allen. ย In todayโs blog she tells us how she survived the onset of the global pandemic this spring while completing her internship and seminary…
Read MoreHow to Survive Youth Ministry in a Pandemic – by Laura Edgar
This week we want to share a guest blog by my friend, Laura Edgar. She is the Associate Pastor at First Baptist Auburn, Alabama and a graduate of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. She ministers with students from middle school through…
Read MoreHow to Survive Your First Year of Ministry – by Anita Peebles
This week we want to share a wonderful guest blog by my friend, recent graduate of Vanderbilt Divinity School, and new minister, Anita Peebles. When I asked, Does it feel better to be in the second year of ministry? She…
Read MoreThe Twelve Days of Christmas 2021
At Three Minute Ministry Mentor, we are marking the Twelve Days of Christmas as a shared time to reflect on the past year. We wrote new lyrics to the old song, so we can honor and provoke your reflections about…
Read MoreChristmas Eve Blessing 2021
Friends, here is a blessing for you this Christmas Eve and Day. A Blessingย for Christmas Eve Whatever your year has been, wherever it has taken you, Whatever difficult or easy pathway, And whatever winding or steep road, You are still…
Read MoreEpisode Index | Season Three
The topics and videos in Three Minute Ministry Mentor prepared the way for Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life – available now! Find your copy of Pastoral Imagination, the companion journal, and gift set here. Season…
Read More3MMM | Celebrating Three Seasons
Hello there! My name is Eileen Campbell-Reed, and I’m the founder and host of Three Minute Ministry Mentor. This first Sunday in Advent is a big day. Twelve years ago on this day, I launched this blog. It was originally…
Read More3MMM | Season Two in Review 2020
Learning in practice We started this year with grand plans of sharing interviews with professors, pastors, activists and mentors in ministry. Then by March the whole world was upside down. We pivoted many times as the year unfolded. And we…
Read MoreOrdinary Time XXXIV
This week I sat down with one of my favorite pastoral theologians and got to catch up on what sheโs doing with her life energy now and tell her about the work that Iโm doing as well. Christie Neuger has written and edited several important books in pastoral care and counseling and also in the broader arena of the practice of ministry.
Read More3MMM | Episode 247: How to Pray
In my conversation with Rev. Dr Clรกudio Carvalhaes this week, we talk about how to pray. We begin with one of Claudioโs recent projects and books Liturgies from Below: Praying with People at the End of the World. The project…
Read More3MMM | Episode 242: Blessings for School by Erin Robinson Hall
This week our guest post โBlessings for Schoolโ comes to us from author, minister, mama, and 3MMM Team member, Erin Robinson Hall. As we approach the new school year, we are excited to offer a short series of guest posts…
Read More3MMM | Episode 216: Clergy Appreciation Month
It’s clergy appreciation month and we have some ideas for you to express gratitude to the ministers, pastors, chaplains, and ministry professors in your life. Maybe you In this week’s episode, you will find:ย 5 questions to ask 4 studies…
Read More3MMM | Episode 205: How Women Thrive in Ministry (Part 2)
Last week I began answering the question of how women thrive in ministry.ย My inspiration for responding to this question came from Baptist Women in Ministry (BWIM) Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Meredith Stone. She asked recently: ย If we imagine…
Read More3MMM | Episode 182: Questions for Discernment
On this weekend of remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we invite you to focus on questions for discernment about your vocation. Dr. King invited people to think deeply and transformatively about their work. About justice. About being part…
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