Pastoral Imagination

Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life

Eileen R. Campbell-Reed, Christian Scharen

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English

Fortress Press,U.S.
11 May 2021

Christian ministry & pastoral activity

In Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life, Eileen R. Campbell-Reed informs and inspires the practice of ministry through slices of ""on the ground"" learning experienced by seminarians, pastors, activists, and chaplains and gathered from qualitative studies of ministry. Each of the fifty chapters explores a single concept through story, reflection, and provocative open-ended questions designed to spark conversation between ministers and mentors, among ministry peers, or for personal journal reflections. The book provides a framework for understanding ministry as an embodied, relational, integrative, and spiritual practice.

Pastoral Imagination is closely integrated with the author's Three Minute Ministry Mentor web resource, which introduces the topics in the book through brief video presentations. The book serves as a coaching guide and a ministry mentor in its own right by expanding on these topics through the author's reflections, observations, and questions. Addressing the importance of the practice of ministry, Campbell-Reed states: ""Ministry itself, like most professions and complex practices, is dogged and driven by a rush to achieve. Yet to focus on achievement can be disastrous, especially if we skip over the steps for learning. To learn the practice of ministry--a multifaceted professional and spiritual practice--takes time and preparation, risk and responsibility, support and feedback.""

The book can be used by individuals for personal growth; with groups in new-pastor retreats, CPE training programs, ministry peer groups, or supervision settings such as internship or field education; for devotional inspiration at staff meetings; and in seminary classrooms that prioritize teaching ministry as a practice.

By: Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
Foreword by: Christian Scharen
Imprint: Fortress Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781506470061
ISBN 10: 1506470068
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 11 May 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword by Christian Scharen Preface 50 Ministry Topics 1 Ministry as a Practice 2 Seeing Holy Depths 3 Self-Reflection 4 Collaboration 5 Being There 6 Supporting Peers 7 Ministry as Embodied 8 Equity in Ministry 9 Ministry as Relational 10 Falling Creatively 11 Listening 12 Mentoring for Skill 13 Stakes for Ministry 14 Contemplative Prayer 15 Emotional Intelligence 16 Engaging Ritual 17 Aha Moments 18 Preaching Jesus 19 Brick Walls 20 Identity and Place 21 Practicing Resurrection 22 Transforming Injustice 23 Sabbath 24 Vocational Discernment 25 Examen 26 Future Stories 27 Preaching and Prayer 28 Thinking Theologically 29 Apprenticeship 30 Learning Goals: Harnessing Frustration 31 Learning Goals: Redirecting Fear 32 Learning Goals: Seeking Accountability 33 Cultivating Questions 34 Action-Reflection for Beginnings 35 Overcoming Isolation 36 Improvisation 37 Salience 38 Action-Reflection for Preaching 39 Pulled Up Short 40 Change Over Time 41 Two Vocations 42 Blueprint Stories 43 Facing Fears 44 Defining Moments 45 Navigating Conflict 46 Knowledge Use 47 Congruence 48 Holy Fierceness 49 Boundaries 50 Embracing Joy

Rev. Dr. Eileen R. Campbell-Reed, is visiting associate professor of pastoral theology and care at Union Theological Seminary, New York City. She also teaches for the Women's Leadership Initiative MDiv program for Central Seminary, Minnesota. She is co-director of the Learning Pastoral Imagination Project; founder and host of Three Minute Ministry Mentor; and author of Anatomy of a Schism (2016). Christian Scharen is Vice President, Applied Research for the Center for the Study of Theological Education at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York.

Reviews for Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life

"""Campbell-Reed's book is ideal for giving both professors and students a vision, rich stories, and deep questions to accompany them as they learn in practice how to speak love, enact hope, and demand justice in our broken and beautiful world."" --Serene Jones, president at Union Theological Seminary ""Encyclopedic in scope and pulsing with heart in every word. Pastoral Imagination is a compendium of wisdom and a companion for ministry. Pastors will turn to it again and again."" --George A. Mason, senior pastor, Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, and author of Preparing the Pastors We Need: Reclaiming the Congregation's Role in Training Clergy ""Eileen Campbell-Reed has given us all a generous invitation to ponder anew what makes for faithful leadership today. Through story and scholarship . . . you will find here a treasure trove of insight, learning, and wisdom . . . that nurtures a lifetime of ministry."" --Eric D. Barreto, Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary and editor of Reading Theologically ""Evocative, discerning, and insightful--this book gives . . . a travel itinerary for how ministers become engaging leaders of communities of faith today."" --Kathleen A. Cahalan, professor, practical theology, Saint John's University School of Theology and Seminary and project director, Collegeville Institute Seminars ""Pastoral Imagination is a book of wisdom. Campbell-Reed expertly mentors the reader in the habits, disposition, and reflective ways of being that catalyze growth."" --Matthew Floding, Director of Ministerial Formation at Duke Divinity School, co-editor of Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry ""Gaining wisdom in the pastorate typically takes decades of trial and error and lots of support and advice from colleagues. In Pastoral Imagination, Campbell-Reed does us a great service by distilling decades of developed intuition into 'ministry minutes,' giving us the mentor that we need."" --Carol Howard Merritt, pastor, Bedford Presbyterian Church, author of Healing Spiritual Wounds"