Articles by Eileen Campbell-Reed, Academic Entrepreneur

November 14, 2021January 14, 20223MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 135: Confronting Intimidation and Fear

This week I want to share a personal story about confronting intimidation and fear. Very few people in my life have tried to intimidate me. Fewer have succeeded. Once, however, while I was a seminary student working temporary jobs between…

November 7, 2021October 2, 20223MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 134: Pastoral Imagination and Care

What do pastoral imagination and pastoral care have to do with each other? I’ve been working on that question for a dozen years. And recently I received a question from a friend that inspired me to articulate the relationship between…

November 1, 2021December 13, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three All Saints Day 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 133: Saints Who Inspire

New month. New plans. Good work. Writing. And inspiration past and future. Let’s count it all down. 1) Who are the saints that inspire you? Blessings to you this All Saints’ Day. Who inspires your life and work? Is there…

October 24, 2021January 14, 20223MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 132: A Season of Vulnerability

Vulnerability The COVID-19 pandemic that will not end is getting to me and everybody I know. I want to tell you about a few ways it is hitting me hard in the last few weeks. I’m feeling the isolation. I…

October 18, 2021November 24, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 131: Five Ways to Celebrate Clergy

We are continuing to celebrate clergy this month. And we have five ways to inspire you to do the same. As I was thinking about Clergy Appreciation Month recently, I posted this question on Facebook. It seemed to resonate. A…

October 4, 2021December 13, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 129: Rest & Renewal

Note: Three Minute Ministry Mentor Host, Eileen Campbell-Reed is on a short Sabbath break. Because sometimes rest and renewal must be the priority! However, she and Erin Robinson Hall had a fun conversation on Friday, October 1. They talked about…

September 27, 2021December 13, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 128: Ministry in No-Win Situations

Challenge. Question. Conflict. Change. How do you practice ministry in a no-win situation? Last week I talked with more than two dozen pastors, ministers, and chaplains. I also talked with ministry mentors and my seminary colleagues. And in my weekly…

September 19, 2021November 24, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 127: Preaching with Integrity

Integrity. Congruence. Consistency. What is preaching without integrity? Not much. This week we are continuing our focus on the practice of preaching as we support the NeverthelessShePreached Conference. We are celebrating preaching by women and LGBTIQA+ clergy in lots of…

September 13, 2021October 10, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 126: Preach, Pray, Persist

Preach It is the best of preaching times. It is the worst of preaching times. Headlines are full of natural and human disaster. People’s lives full of uncertainty and grief and lament. We all could use a word. But which…

September 5, 2021October 10, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 125: Back to Seminary

For over a month, school has been beginning. From kindergarten to college, from preschool to grad school, students are returning. In spite of the world’s tragedies, the disruptions of weather, fires, and a global pandemic, learners of all ages are…

August 30, 2021December 13, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 124: Mentoring for Ministry

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” ― Frederick Buechner This is the kind of week when many terrible things are happening. In New Orleans and southern Louisiana. And in Afghanistan. In Southern California.…

August 22, 2021September 11, 20223MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 123: Helping Pastors Thrive

Collaboration. Listening. Getting around life’s brick walls. Understanding identity. Adapting to new places and situations. Each of these moments are part of the everyday work of ministry. Recently, I sat down with three new pastors. When we gathered on zoom,…

August 15, 2021October 10, 20213MMM 3MMM Year Three Keeper of the Fire - Year B 2020-21 Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 122: Innovation and Imagination

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…

August 1, 2021September 21, 20223MMM 3MMM Year Three Ordinary Time 2021 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

3MMM | Episode 120: Podcast on Cultivating Pastoral Imagination

How are you 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…