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Vocational Discovery in Ministry
Published on 15. September 2022
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-5381-6763-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume helps ministerial leadership students engage the tools of discernment while introducing the various roles that seminarians may pursue, including pastors, varieties of chaplaincy, clinical pastoral educators, academics, and nonprofit leaders. It is an ideal resource for seminarians, particularly during theological field education.
Reviews / Votes
"The book is accessible, gritty, and honest. It raises good conversation on the multiplicity of vocation and represents the complexity of life, vocation, and constructed meaning that we, in religious and ministerial circles, have known and navigated for some time. Vocation, in this context, is a complicated conversation and we have the beneficial wisdom of this diverse group of authors to articulate this complexity for us in this truth-telling and thought-provoking project." -- Mark Chung Hearn, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Contextual Education at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA "Diversity of perspectives makes this volume useful for anyone discerning their vocational call to ministry. Readable and relatable, the authors share deeply personal stories of call, from traditional congregational ministry to spiritual, entrepreneurial enterprises. Bold and prophetic, the activity of the Holy Spirit is imbued in the poetry and prose. The church would do well to think about vocation and ministry in such a comprehensive manner." -- Susan MacAlpine-Gillis, Coordinator of the Summer Distance program and Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology at Atlantic School of TheologyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 b/w photo
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-6763-2 (9781538167632)
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08/2022
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Persons
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi is director of the Office of Professional Formation and term assistant professor of leadership and formation at Iliff School of Theology. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and has served as a hospital chaplain, youth leader, multicultural student affairs administrator, and denominational staff.
Matthew Floding was director of ministerial formation at Duke Divinity School. He is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America and has served as pastor, college chaplain, dean of students and director of field education.
Matthew Floding was director of ministerial formation at Duke Divinity School. He is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America and has served as pastor, college chaplain, dean of students and director of field education.
Content
Introduction
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi and Matthew Floding
A Community Said YesMatthew Floding
Callings Shaped by PurposeKristina Lizardy-Hajbi
What Are Pastors For?Will Willimon
A Priest of PriestsMelissa Florer-Bixler
Hear. See. Tell. Walk Through the Unlocked DoorWilliam H. Lamar IV
A Calling Worthy of My LifeBrian Keepers
Chaplaincy: Ministry That Ferments and SeasonsNancy Elizabeth Wood
Engaging, Embracing, and Expressing Self in CallingsTammerie Day
What is Your Thing? Discerning "It" and Doing "It" Scared!Danielle J. Buhuro
A Call to ServeRuth Naomi Segres
A Calling to the AcademyDavid Emmanuel Goatley
Vocation as CommunalChristine J. Hong
Learning to Be CarriedKeith Starkenburg
Rags to Riches to RagsMiguel A. De La Torre
Participating in God's Wide Welcome: The Ministry of Camps, Conference, and Retreat CentersTheresa F. Latini
It Started with TreesKent Busman
In Such a SeasonElivette Mendez Angulo
Becoming the ClayMegan Shepherd
A Calling to CampusTrygve D. Johnson
Doing Campus Ministry LatinamenteEddie De Leon
UnfoldingKate Holbrook
Called by Name for Engagement with the WorldMary Schaller Blaufuss
So, You're the BishopJames Hazelwood
To Say Yes, Again and Again and AgainKaren Oliveto
Ministry in the Public SquareTraci Blackmon
The Inward and Outward Journey of MinistryWesley Granberg-Michaelson
The Communion Table as Vocational Pathway in Nonprofit LeadershipDavid Harrison and John Senior
Discovering God's Call in Prayer and Communitygreg little
Ministry Connecting Faith and HealthKathie Bender Schwich
Called by CommunityMarilyn Pagan-Banks
Spiritual EntrepreneurshipPatrick G. Duggan
A Way Out of No WayTawana Davis
A (Non) Sacramental (Non) Ministry of FoodMariah Hayden
A Thread You FollowNathan E. Kirkpatrick
Holy Friendships: Ecumenical and Interfaith ConnectionsKatie Crowe
An Unexpected WayLiddy Barlow
The Unexpected within a CallMichael Bos
Just Keep WalkingAmanda Henderson
Starting New Faith Communities: What's the Point?Chris S. Davies
On Starting New Things While the World Is BurningTyler Sit
Mi CaminoRhina Ramos
Farm ChurchAllen C. Brimer
Introducing Bivocational MinistryDarryl W. Stephens
Thank God for FriendsScott Cameron
Jarena's DaughterFaye Taylor
Cobbling a Mosaic in VocationRebecca Jeney Park-Hearn
Conclusion
Matthew Floding and Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
Notes
Index
About the Contributors
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi and Matthew Floding
A Community Said YesMatthew Floding
Callings Shaped by PurposeKristina Lizardy-Hajbi
What Are Pastors For?Will Willimon
A Priest of PriestsMelissa Florer-Bixler
Hear. See. Tell. Walk Through the Unlocked DoorWilliam H. Lamar IV
A Calling Worthy of My LifeBrian Keepers
Chaplaincy: Ministry That Ferments and SeasonsNancy Elizabeth Wood
Engaging, Embracing, and Expressing Self in CallingsTammerie Day
What is Your Thing? Discerning "It" and Doing "It" Scared!Danielle J. Buhuro
A Call to ServeRuth Naomi Segres
A Calling to the AcademyDavid Emmanuel Goatley
Vocation as CommunalChristine J. Hong
Learning to Be CarriedKeith Starkenburg
Rags to Riches to RagsMiguel A. De La Torre
Participating in God's Wide Welcome: The Ministry of Camps, Conference, and Retreat CentersTheresa F. Latini
It Started with TreesKent Busman
In Such a SeasonElivette Mendez Angulo
Becoming the ClayMegan Shepherd
A Calling to CampusTrygve D. Johnson
Doing Campus Ministry LatinamenteEddie De Leon
UnfoldingKate Holbrook
Called by Name for Engagement with the WorldMary Schaller Blaufuss
So, You're the BishopJames Hazelwood
To Say Yes, Again and Again and AgainKaren Oliveto
Ministry in the Public SquareTraci Blackmon
The Inward and Outward Journey of MinistryWesley Granberg-Michaelson
The Communion Table as Vocational Pathway in Nonprofit LeadershipDavid Harrison and John Senior
Discovering God's Call in Prayer and Communitygreg little
Ministry Connecting Faith and HealthKathie Bender Schwich
Called by CommunityMarilyn Pagan-Banks
Spiritual EntrepreneurshipPatrick G. Duggan
A Way Out of No WayTawana Davis
A (Non) Sacramental (Non) Ministry of FoodMariah Hayden
A Thread You FollowNathan E. Kirkpatrick
Holy Friendships: Ecumenical and Interfaith ConnectionsKatie Crowe
An Unexpected WayLiddy Barlow
The Unexpected within a CallMichael Bos
Just Keep WalkingAmanda Henderson
Starting New Faith Communities: What's the Point?Chris S. Davies
On Starting New Things While the World Is BurningTyler Sit
Mi CaminoRhina Ramos
Farm ChurchAllen C. Brimer
Introducing Bivocational MinistryDarryl W. Stephens
Thank God for FriendsScott Cameron
Jarena's DaughterFaye Taylor
Cobbling a Mosaic in VocationRebecca Jeney Park-Hearn
Conclusion
Matthew Floding and Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
Notes
Index
About the Contributors