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Experience: Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education provides effective resources that field educators may employ to foster spiritual formation.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction, Matthew Floding
I: Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education
Introduction to Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education, Dawn Davis
- Storytelling and the Spiritual Autobiography, Sung Hee Chang
- Just Gotta Tell Somebody: The Journey of African American Song and Story in Theological Reflection, C. Vanessa White
- Theological Reflection in a Prayerful Community, Marilyn Draper
- The Spiritual Practice of Mentoring, Debra Anderson
- Lead with Your Ears: SELAH Peer Group Spiritual Direction in Theological Field Education, John Hugh McNally
- Lectio Divina in Field Education, Tim Coltvet
- Visio Divina, Divine Seeing, Dorothee Tripodee
- Let Us Pray: Leading Prayer, Dawn Davis
- Ignatian Examen in Group Theological Reflection, L. Callid Keefe-Perry
- Spiritual Stones: The Practice of Sacred Remembering, Geoffrey Vandermolen
- Indigenous Spiritual Practices into the Field Education Program, Rosalyn Elm and Hana Scorrar
- Restorative Justice, Theological Reflection, and the Calling of the Catholic Church, Angela L. Swain
- Singing as Spiritual Practice, Thomas W. Elliott, Jr.
- Spiritual Practices in Field Education as Inwardly Digesting, GailMarie Henderson
- The Practice of Lament, Bonnie LeMelle Abadie
- Cultivating Holy Curiosity: Metanoia as a Spiritual Disposition for Christian Ministry, John Senior
- Gratitude Transforms, Carolyn A. Wright
- Breadmaking as Communal Spiritual Practice, Christina R. Zaker
- Contemplative Photography, Susan MacAlpine-Gillis
- The Spiritual Practice of Handcrafts: Nurturing the Soul for Ministry, Chelle Huth
- Rest, Release, Repeat: The Use of Embodied Prayer Practice for Integrative Contextual Education, Natalie Wigg-Stevenson
- Sabbath Keeping, Melvin R. Baber
- Rule of and for Life, James K. Hampton
II. Lifegiving and Ministry Sustaining Practices
Introduction, Matthew Floding
- Dream Appreciation as Spiritual Practice, James Hazelwood
- May All That Has Breath, Susan Hendershot
- Rest as Resistance, Kristina Lizardi-Hajbi
- A New Song: Singing as Spiritual Practice, Todd F. Campbell, Jr.
- Bringing My Grandmother in the Room: Relationality as Spiritual Practice, Danielle J. Buhuro
- The Lord's Prayer, Katie Crowe
- Disrupting Prayer Time, Marc Lavarin, Sr.
- Trees, Rocks, Water, Hills, Tammerie Day
- Finding Something in Nothing, Michael Bos
- Grounding Practices: Pathways to Wisdom and Wellbeing, Theresa F. Latini
- Slowly and Slower Still, Christine J. Hong
- The Spiritual Practice of Honoring Urgency, Sarah B. Drummond
- They'll Help You Keep at Ministry, William Willimon
- Curiosity as Spiritual Gift, Kent Busman
- Cultivating Attentiveness and Responsiveness through the Ignatian Examen, Megan Shepherd
- When the Mundane is Holy, Rhina Ramos
- I Can Paint a Wall, Ann M. Kansfield
- Grounded, Christy Berghoef
- The Power of Contemplative Meditation and Reflection, Amanda A. N. Alexander
- In Two Minds: Distraction and Spiritual Formation, Matthew Floding
About the Contributors
About the author
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. Dawn Davis, DMin, overseesfield education for students for ordained ministry and teaching at Huron University in Ontario, Canada. She is also the creator of Revive: Equipping Lay Leaders to be Spiritual Leaders, a video-based program that seeks to transform lay leaders in the church into confident lay spiritual leaders. Previously she was Faith Formation Coordinator for the Diocese of Niagara.
