You who are called by God. We know you have heard it. Someone saying surely you misheard. That you don’t know what you are doing. You see the problems in the Church and the world, and you are ready with thoughtful and creative ways forward. They may say you are too young. Too old. Too busy raising children. Or too single. Too ambitious. Driven. Too distracted. Too much. They miss out on seeing you. The full you. The person God is calling to this work. This episode offers encouragement and a blessing for those days when you remember your calling. Learn more, here.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #baptistwomeninministry #BWIM #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #baptizedandordained #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #LGBTQclergy  #mentalwellnessformen #mentalwellnessforwomen  #mentalhealthinthechurch #calledtoministry #thiscalling

"You're feeling vocational grief." 3MMM Host Eileen Campbell-Reed shares this realization, and what it meant for her. In this episode, an excerpt from our All Saints Day Virtual Service, we invite you to take time to honor your loss and grief.  You may want to gather up a piece of paper and a marker or pen. As you listen, let yourself pay attention to your own spiritual well-being by giving a little space to your vocational losses and grief. The prayer offered by Kali Cawthon-Freels gives voice to the #vocationalgrief many ministers and leaders have shared.  Learn more, here.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #baptistwomeninministry #BWIM #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #LGBTQclergy  #mentalwellnessformen #mentalwellnessforwomen #teenmentalhealth #mentalhealthinthechurch

How do women thrive in ministry? Eileen Campbell-Reed explores this question by imagining a future where women in ministry are thriving - 5 "future stories" that look like this:   Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  churches  pay  equitablyWomen  thrive  in  ministry  because  leadership  is  collaborative. Women  thrive  in  ministry  when  men  focus  on  care  for  themselves  and  all  people.Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  we  are  not  so  angry  all  the  time.  Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  child  well -being  is  normative,  expected, and  funded. Listen in to this episode that explores how men caring for their well-being and mental health affects flourishing in ministry for women and LGBTQIA+ clergy. Learn more.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #baptistwomeninministry #BWIM #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #LGBTQclergy #youthministry #ministrywithchildren  #mentalwellnessformen #mentalwellnessforwomen #teenmentalhealth #mentalhealthinthechurch

Episode 87: Baptized and Ordained  Eileen Campbell-Reed tells about how women and queer clergy are changing ministry for good. Baptized and Ordained is a year-long community, advance reading and feedback group, opportunity for live events. Sign up and find out more: https://BaptizedAndOrdained.org    Questions answered in the video:  0:20 A new book & community 1:45 How women and queer clergy are changing ministry 2:38 You are invited to become part of this community 3:13 What does the community include?  4:39 How will it work?  5:05 Why does this book matter?  6:46 Join by October 1 Three levels of the Baptized and Ordained Community: CLIO level: $5/month THALIA level: $10/month POLLY level: $20/month Learn more and sign up: https://BaptizedAndOrdained.org   BLOG: "How Women Thrive in Ministry"  ARTICLE “No Joke: How A Culture of Disbelief Keeps Clergywomen Pushing Uphill” BOOK: Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life  BOOK: Anatomy of a Schism   REPORT: #PandemicPastoringReport   REPORT:  State of Clergywomen in the US https://stateofclergywomen.org  Music: “One Step Further” by Roman Senyk (on Pixabay) https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-one-step-further-141064/ Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Music: “One Step Further” by Roman Senyk (on Pixabay)   #pastoralimagination #baptizedandordained #LGBTQclergy #clergywomen #youngclergywomen #womeninministry

3MMM | Podcast #86: How Women Thrive in Ministry Three Minute Ministry Mentor (3MMM) host Eileen Campbell-Reed is answering the question, how do women thrive in ministry?   She shares 5 ways to imagine future stories in which women are thriving.  This conversation opens up more about Eileen's latest book: "Baptized and Ordained" (working title).  This book will explore how women clergy and queer clergy are changing the practice of ministry for good.  In this episode, Eileen tells more about the ideas around this new book, and invites you to be a part of it!  To learn more about becoming an advanced reader for Eileen's book, visit and find out more information: https://eileencampbellreed.org/baptized-and-ordained  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome   Writing? Join us at #TheWritingTable - find out about membership info and Free Write Fridays.   Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org    Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”

Have you ever  simply run out of words?  3MMM Host Eileen Campbell-Reed tells us about how she did. And how she "learned to pray in God’s language" of silence. Perhaps you would like to give it a try? How to Start Meditating - a simple, step-by-step guide to a practice of silence and prayer.  More: 3MMM Episode 199: Pray, Read, Write How will you notice the quality of silence in your life? What is your calling in this season? + Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org + Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome + Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #howtomeditate #meditationpractices #pastoralimagination #clergylife

In this episode, we offer a Mother’s Day prayer. Yet, it is not like the ones Eileen Campbell-Reed grew up hearing. This prayer is more of a psalm and a lament. It lifts up to God the painful and unspeakable facets of mothering and #mothersday. It also honors the gifts and graces of mothering. God in her wisdom sees and hears it all. There is no truth we cannot pray.   + For the full text of this prayer, go to eileencampbellreed.org  + Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org  + Faith communities have been challenged. Changed. Grieved. And it is time to talk about it. Check out the new Study Guide, here.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”     #Mothersdaygrief   #HannahService    #MothersDayPrayer #MothersDay2023 #pastoralimagination

Episode 83: Finding Our Way   Has anything changed over the past three years in your ministry? If your answer is yes - check out this new resource.  Our goal in studying and seeking to understand the lives and practices of Christian ministers over the last 20+ years is to make this work more understandable. To support the people called to it. And, after the last three incredibly stressful and unprecedented years, to help renew the practice of ministry. To that end, Eileen Campbell-Reed wrote a 30-page #PandemicPastoring Report (PPR). It summarizes the research with over a hundred clergy and volunteer leaders in 20+ denominations. This episode invites Erin Robinson Hall talk about the new companion piece to that report: the PPR Study Guide.    Faith communities have been challenged. Changed. Grieved. And it is time to talk about it. Check out the new Study Guide, here.  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”     #pandemicpastoringreport #pastoralimagination #neweraofministry

Episode 82: Talking Through Tragedy How do we talk children through tragedy? What about parents and teachers, especially when the tragedy has impacted children and the places where children go, like schools or churches? And what about caring for congregations as a whole?  Last week in Nashville, we experienced what is reaching epidemic proportions in the form of another school shooting. This episode invites us to think about how we care for our children when they are exposed to or become aware of the tragedies of our world.  Download this handout to help you prepare to talk to our children and teenagers when crisis erupts. We need plans to help us respond with care and work for justice for our congregations and our wider communities.     Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #griefandchildren #griefcare #pastoralimagination

Episode 81: Beauty of Motherhood There is beauty in parenting. Not because the work is all glamorous or easy, but because God’s presence and grace is woven through it, even when it is messy and fraught and full of pain and tears and uncertainty. In this FULL CONVERSATION with Erin Strybis, Kimberly Knowle-Zeller, Erin Robinson Hall and Eileen Campbell-Reed, find out what these mothers claim about rising in the dark, fears about the violence that threatens our children, inequity among families with children, and how we can work towards justice for all children. How can we respond to the ways we measure and doubt ourselves as parents? Have a listen as they lift up the values of beauty and community, grace and blessing, play and justice, in the shared work and practices of parenting. Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”    #beautyofmotherhood #parentingforward #pastoralimagination

This week we are talking once again with Kim Knowle-Zeller and Erin Strybis about their new book, The Beauty of Motherhood. 3MMM Host Eileen Campbell-Reed tells us: There is beauty in parenting experiences. Not because the work is all glamorous or easy, but because God’s presence and grace is woven through it, even when it is messy and fraught and full of pain and tears and uncertainty.  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”    #pastoralimagination #beautyofmotherhood

Graceful parenting. That’s not a description but rather an aspiration and a need. Authors Erin Strybis and Kim Knowle-Zeller  talk with Erin Robinson Hall and Eileen Campbell-Reed about their new book. The Beauty of Motherhood: Grace-filled Devotions for the Early Years, written especially for progressive Christian parents. We want share the first part of our conversation. Erin Strybis says when she was a new mom, the devotional books she picked up about parenting often made her feel like she wasn’t living up to some imagined standard of Christian parenthood. She wanted a new kind of book. One that emphasized God’s grace as it wove throughout her parenting, one that helped her notice where God showed up. A book that highlighted beauty in the ordinary. Have a listen to why this book is for parents whose theology shows them a God of grace and compassion, rather than judgment and punishment. March Givewaway! We are giving away a copy of The Beauty of Motherhood in March. One person from our 3MMM email list will receive a free book. You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #selfcompassion #parentingforward #raisingchildrenunfundamentalist #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #youthministrylife #youthministry #ministrywithchildren #kidmin #clergymama #beautyofmotherhood #parentingjourneys #adoptionjourneys  #mentalwellnessforwomen

We are talking about the mental wellbeing of our children and teens. These years of forming identity, re-modeling the brain, and flying further from the nest are already a big challenge. Add three calendar years of isolation, disrupted schedules and rites of passage, missed friendships and opportunities. Then stir in what Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer calls the “triple pandemic of Covid-19, racial reckoning, and climate crisis.” The result is a toxic stew of anxiety, depression, lethargy, behavioral outbursts, health issues, self harm, and the highest rates of contemplating suicide among teens in many years.  How do we help our children with mental wellbeing?  Have a listen to Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity School. In this final segment of our conversation, she and Eileen Campbell-Reed explore the question: How do we need to be paying attention to our children and youth who are suffering in their mental wellbeing in the wake of the multiple pandemics. More on Mental Wellbeing, here. Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome    Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”    #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #selfcompassion #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #youthministrylife #youthministry #ministrywithchildren #kidmin #childrenmentalhealth #mentalwellnessforwomen #teenmentalhealth #mentalhealthinthechurch

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 shares wisdom for attending to loss and grief for pastors, priests, chaplains and ministers. No matter your role, if you are leading any faith based or religious organization at the moment, attending to grief is a top need. What we don’t need, says Dr. Mercer, is a checklist to make us feel better. However, she offers practical, concrete suggestions for how to lead people in times of loss. Have a listen to this conversation with Eileen Campbell-Reed and Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity School talking about leading in loss. More on Leading in Loss, here.   Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #selfcompassion #leadinginloss #selfcompassionpractices #leadinginloss #Lent2023 #Lentenpractices #Lentpodcast

Self compassion. Who needs it? Well, all the humans. It is hard, however, to love others when we struggle to love ourselves. This can be reality for many people. Sometimes it is just a season. For others it is an enduring struggle. Have a listen to this conversation with Eileen Campbell-Reed and Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity school talking about self compassion practices. Dr. Mercer offers one practice from Dr. Kristin Neff, who has many resources on mindfulness. More on Self Compassion, here.   Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org    Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #selfcompassion #discernmentprocess #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices

We continue our conversation with Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity School about loss and grief. How do we integrate our losses into life? What helps you to live well with your losses and griefs?   Learn more about integrating loss and grief, here.    Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor: https://3mmm.us/welcome   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #griefjournaling #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #griefandlossjourney #ambiguousgrief #TheologyThursday #integratingloss #chaplainlife

How is grief, “another way of loving?”  Eileen Campbell-Reed welcomes Rev. Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer to talk about  about ambiguous grief.  Rituals and habits in every area of life, from parenting and teaching to being in community and leading the people of faith, have been disrupted and undermined. Now is the time to reframe and reimagine how to live creatively with these losses. How do we start? Find out more in this wonderful  conversation with Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity School as we consider ambiguous loss and grief.    Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org    Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #ambiguousloss #pastoralcare #pastoralcareandcounseling #embodiedloss #ritualsandrhythms #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #griefjourneys #griefandlossjourney #militaryfamilies

How can we shape our discernment practices? Consider how to discern renewal of purpose and vocation in your life with these questions. Have a listen to this conversation from our recent “Tending the Fires” virtual event with Rev. Dr. Kadia Edwards and Rev. Dr. Duane Bidwell. More on these ministers, here.     Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome    Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #blackchurchstudies #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #discernment #discernmentprocess #TheologyThursday #questionsfordiscernment

Our lives, our churches, and ministry itself have changed. And more changes keep coming from the ripple effects of the pandemic. These realities open up questions about vocation and purpose of work and life. We recently offered a live zoom event for ministers, chaplains, professors, and lay leaders called “Tending the Fires.” Vocation is one of the fires in our lives that needs regular tending. If we want to keep our  purpose and focus for life clear, then we need to give questions of vocational discernment our consistent, compassionate attention. Have a listen to this practical exercise from our recent “Tending the Fires” virtual event. Eileen Campbell-Reed offers four questions that help you see what your current situation offers you. Grab your copy of the free printable used in this episode here: https://3mmm.us/TendingFires     Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report:  https://pandemicpastoring.org    Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome    Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”  #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #blackchurchstudies #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #discernment #discernmentprocess

How will we honor what we have done before we look forward? Honoring the ways we spend our energy and love is a counter to false dreams of consumer culture. During the recent “Tending the Fires” virtual event, Eileen Campbell-Reed talked with fellow pastoral theologian, Rev. Dr. Duane Bidwell. He works in medical education with the Veterans Administration. Duane has a “Ten Things I Did that Mattered” practice that invites us to honor how we spend our energy.  Want to find out more? More about #pastoralimagination and naming our 10 Things here.  We would love to send you more for your pastoral imagination - new episodes, printable downloads and resources, and more. For pastors, chaplains, activists, spiritual leaders, ministers, theological educators, and seminary students. Sign up today: 3mmm.us/welcome    #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #blackchurchstudies #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #tenthingsthatmatter