There’s a lot of hand wringing right now. Some of the world’s news sounds alarming and more than a little confusing. Earlier this summer we thought the pandemic was perhaps winding down. For many of us, a majority of adults…
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3MMM | Episode 120: Podcast on Cultivating Pastoral Imagination
This week, Three Minute Ministry Mentor Host, Eileen Campbell-Reed is away on vacation with her family. However, recently Eileen shared a conversation with Jessica Anschutz of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. Today we want to share that conversation with…
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3MMM | Episode 119: James Lawson on Salience
When Luca tries to ride a bike for the first time, he does not know where to focus or how to even begin. He has seen others ride, but that doesn’t help him in this moment. His friend Gulia finally…
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3MMM | Episode 118: Marian Wright Edelman on Cultivating Questions
What is the most Important question someone ever asked you? Or short of that, what is the question someone asked you that changed the direction of your life? One of the questions I continue to return to comes from poet,…
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3MMM | Episode 117: The Many Gifts of Examen
Presence. Attention. Sacredness. Gift. We need these in our lives. They are forms of prayer that connect us to the holy. This week I am thrilled to share with you an abundance of gifts for your practice of prayer. While…
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3MMM | Episode 116: Summer of Soul & Transforming Injustice
On this long weekend, what is on your mind? How to spend your extra day? Barbeque, burgers or chicken? Or maybe you are thinking about the relationship between citizenship and discipleship? No? Well, that’s where my mind is. On injustices.…
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3MMM | Episode 115: George Mason on Apprenticeship
Last week Chris Scharen and I conducted another interview with ministers and pastors out of seminary for 10+ years. I adore this beautiful work with the Learning Pastoral Imagination Project. I really cannot overstate how powerful it is to accompany…
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3MMM | Episode 114: Baptists Reimagining Resurrection
Do you live with inspiration or with tension about the life and teachings of Jesus? What is the meaning of the person of Jesus Christ? How shall we understand the death and resurrection of a first century Jewish rabbi? And…
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3MMM | Episode 113: J. Dana Trent on Sabbath
Just returning from the beach. Time away at a place that nourishes my soul. Walking by the sea always reminds me of my size and place in a very large world. And it also puts me in touch with sacredness…
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