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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.
List of contents
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 León
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 Pagán-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
About the author
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 is general editor of the Explorations in Theological Field Education series and co-editor of the journal Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry. The Research and Publication Committee of ATFE has awarded Floding four research grants that have resulted in a dozen publications. He most recently served as Duke Divinity School’s director of ministerial formation. Rev.
