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.
Edited by:
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi,
Matthew Floding
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 239mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 513g
ISBN: 9781538167632
ISBN 10: 1538167638
Series: Explorations in Theological Field Education
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 September 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.
Reviews for Explore: Vocational Discovery in Ministry
""""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 Theology
