How do we cultivate a clear speaking and writing voice? How do we come into sounding like ourselves, speaking with honest and vulnerability on the page or in person? I want to offer four stepping stones to help you move…
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3MMM | Episode 244: Teaching Pastoral Imagination
I want to talk with you this week about teaching pastoral imagination. As we launch a new year of theological education in the US, I am hearing again: โpastors and ministers are not fully prepared for their work.โ Recent studies…
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3MMM | Episode 119: James Lawson on Salience
This week we want to talk about salience and how James Lawson is an exemplar, but first a new movie! When Luca tries to ride a bike for the first time, he does not know where to focus or how…
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3MMM | Episode 102: David Cassady on Failing Creatively
In my early days of ministry, after graduating from seminary, I invested time and energy into writing for the church. I mostly wrote curriculum for youth and adults. And I wrote a couple of small books, also for teaching in…
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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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3MMM | Closing 2020 Strong and Starting 2021 Ready
The end of 2020 and start of 2021 are full of news for Three Minute Ministry Mentor, Pastoral Imagination, and you! We could not be happier to share it all! Most popular article of 2020 at The Christian Century Let’s…
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3MMM | Episode 37: Salience
Salience. Seeing what is important in a field of things or a situation;ย sorting through possible meanings to find the one that is pertinent, urgent or more immediate in character. Salience. /หsฤlฤษns/ This week’s episode of Three Minute Ministry Mentor…
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3MMM | Episode 31: Learning Goals Part 2
What is the long-term value of learning goals for ministry? This week’s episode of Three Minute Ministry Mentor considers how learning goals can help us bring the fears that may hinder our learning into the light of day. Big goals…
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3MMM | Episode 29: Apprenticeship
“Patience!” ~Yoda When Luke Skywalker arrives on the stormy, swampy planet Dagobah in search of Yoda, he is impatient. In fact he has no patience at all. He does not know what or who he is seeing. Instead he exudes…
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