This week our guest post “Teaching Religious Studies” comes to us from Dr. Adam D.J. Brett, 3MMM Team member and adjunct instructor. As we approach the new school year, we are excited to offer a series of guest posts about…
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Episode Index | Season Five
Welcome to Season Five! This index will help you link to weekly episodes: blogs, videos, and podcasts all from year five of Three Minute Ministry Mentor. Ten Things That Matter | video | blog Discerning Vocation | video |…
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3MMM | Episode 226: Notice, Appreciate, Wonder
Happy New Year’s Eve! This is not a post that will scream about the last minute, or rush you to give, buy, do, support, or show up somewhere. Instead it is a post that looks back a little and forward…
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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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Lenten Lights FF ~ Guest Post by Michaela O’Donnell Long Today’s photo and reflection come from photographer, media producer, and friend, Michaela O’Donnell Long.* “Morning Door” by Michaela O’Donnell Long I work from home. Well, technically, I work from my garage-turned-studio.…
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Episode Index | Season Seven
Welcome to Season Four of Three Minute Ministry Mentor! Here, you will find links to weekly episodes: blogs, videos, and guest blogs. Season Seven includes topical videos, interviews, remembrances, and inspiration for cultivating pastoral imagination. Follow Your Bliss | blog…
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Writing Table Gallery
The Writing Table Gallery is a celebration of more than five years of nurturing community, building habits, and finishing our projects! We are happy to share fruit of our community’s labors. We hope you will explore some of the books…
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3MMM | Remembering Craig Dykstra
In early June three significant public figures in theological education died. Each one contributed through teaching and writing to the education of ministers and the doctoral training of seminary professors. They each held up distinct nodes in the ecology of…
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3MMM | Episode 252: Ancestors & Descendants
Today’s post falls on Epiphany, and that makes today a good day to call on our ancestors and descendants for help with our vocations. Looking back and looking forward is a good way to tune into the present moment. To…
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3MMM | Episode 188: Graceful Parenting
Graceful parenting. That’s not a description but rather an aspiration and a need. I love being a parent. And for 17 years of married life before giving birth, I also enjoyed being an adult without parenting responsibilities for children. Each…
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International Women’s Day 2023
March 8 is International Women’s Day. It is a good day to celebrate women and work. Because, women labor for a better world all around the globe. They work for the good of their children, families, neighborhoods, faith communities, companies,…
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3MMM | Episode 186: Leading in Loss
Leading in loss is one of the great challenges of this moment. Why? The losses are monumental. The leaders are overwhelmed. And grief is rarely easy. Our guest Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity School shares wisdom for attending…
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3MMM | 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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3MMM | Episode 171: Mentoring Opportunities
Coming Soon: New Mentoring Opportunities We have been listening to you. And we will continue listening to you. We are grateful for the ways that you are leading, guiding, and supporting many people in your care. We heard your needs…
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Advent 2021 : Circling Through the Season
This Advent weekend was full. What about yours? And my weekend felt more like other Advent weekends of BP (before pandemic). I love circling through the season of Advent. Because it is my favorite. Yet important differences mark this year…
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3MMM | 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…
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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…
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3MMM | Episode 114: Christians Reimagining Resurrection
Christians are reimagining resurrection. Today we meet a pastor, a chaplain, and a researcher who are asking big questions about person and meaning of Jesus. Do you live with inspiration or with tension about the life and teachings of Jesus?…
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3MMM | Episode 94: Chris Scharen on Seeing Holy Depths
In this second episode of Season Three of 3MMM, we are excited to hear from from guest author, Christian Scharen. He and I are co-directors of the Learning Pastoral Imagination Project. And we just learned in recent weeks that we…
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