Articles by Eileen Campbell-Reed, Academic Entrepreneur

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3MMM | Episode 87: Advent Preparation

Advent It’s coming. It will be here in the blink of an eye. In a year filled with pandemics and amplified racial injustice and healthcare disparities and intense election politics, it is hard to imagine what Advent could be like…

October 12, 2020November 18, 2022Writing by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Five Ways to Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Have you been to a meeting or worship service lately where someone begins with a Land Acknowledgement? To say with honor and respect and lament the names of the Indigenous Peoples who first inhabited a place is a good start.…

October 5, 2020December 14, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 86: Where God is Present

Where is God present? This is a question that circles through my fourth and final conversation segment with Dr. Pete Ward who teaches in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University, UK. Over the last few weeks we…

September 28, 2020October 26, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 85: How Pop Culture Matters

Beyoncé. Kim Kardashian. Chadwick Boseman. Gwyneth Paltrow. Notorious RBG. Whether they are trending on Twitter, headlining their next big movie, speaking out on social issues, or suddenly gone from this life, celebrities and the culture of celebrity have a powerful reach…

September 21, 2020October 12, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

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…

September 14, 2020October 12, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 83: Why Culture Matters

The first time I met Pete Ward in person we had a theological argument. We also had drinks and some laughs in a mutual friend’s living room. As I recall, Mary McClintock Fulkerson and I might have teamed up against…

September 7, 2020November 10, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 82: Ethical Wills

Chaplaincy Jennifer Hundley Batts Thomas sat down with me in the late spring to talk about ethical wills. She helped me to share with my students in the Death, Dying, and Bereavement course at Union Theological Seminary about the significance…

August 30, 2020October 12, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 81: Beyond the Walls

This week we are sharing our final conversation with Rev. Alisha Smith Haddock. What a joy to speak with her this month about her calling to do justice work and her many collaborations to rebuild North Nashville after the March…

August 24, 2020March 6, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 80: Called to Collaboration

This week we are going deeper into our conversation with Rev. Alisha Smith Haddock. She is helping us see how multiple factors are impacting the community of North Nashville. Back in March 2020, Nashville was hit hard by tornados that…

August 17, 2020September 22, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 79: Called to Justice

“I knew early on I was called to this work.” -Rev. Alisha Smith Haddock Called to ministry Vocational calling comes in all different sizes, shapes and forms. Traditional congregational ministry, in spite of what people think, is not the only…

August 12, 2020August 17, 2024Writing by Eileen Campbell-Reed

A Prayer for Teachers

We can always use a prayer for teachers. From preschool to grad school, this time of year is usually punctuated by joyous pictures of students and teachers returning to classrooms. But this year is a strange one. Not like any…

August 9, 2020November 2, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 78: Grief Rituals

LOn Sunday afternoon I hosted a conversation on Zoom with friends from my childhood church. Together we were remembering one of our friends, a fellow youth group member, who died earlier this summer. It was good to be with each…

August 3, 2020August 16, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Two Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2019-20 Ordinary Time 2020 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 77: Risking Care

This summer has been one of the hardest on record. What a gift to have the wisdom, insights, and pastoral presence of Rev. Dr. Stephanie Crumpton to guide and inspire us! This week, Dr. Crumpton, who is associate professor at …

July 27, 2020September 16, 20203MMM 3MMM Year Two by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 76: Communal Healing & Care

This week we continue our conversation with Dr. Stephanie Crumpton about caring for girls and women who have experienced violence. Earlier we talked about the complexity and intentionality of care, particularly for Black women and girls. Our focus today is…