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Vocational Discovery in Ministry

1. Edition 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538167656
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-6763-2
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-6765-6
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

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.

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Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
1–4 A Community Said Yes 1–4
5–10 Callings Shaped by Purpose 5–10
11–16 What Are Pastors For? 11–16
17–20 A Priest of Priests 17–20
21–24 Hear. See. Tell. Walk Through the Unlocked Door 21–24
25–28 A Calling Worthy of My Life 25–28
29–34 Chaplaincy: Ministry that Ferments and Seasons 29–34
35–38 Engaging, Embracing, and Expressing Self in Callings 35–38
39–42 What is Your Thing? Discerning “It” and Doing “It” Scared! 39–42
43–46 A Call to Serve 43–46
47–52 A Calling to the Academy 47–52
53–56 Vocation as Communal 53–56
57–60 Learning To Be Carried 57–60
61–64 Rags to Riches to Rags 61–64
65–70 Participating in God’s Wide Welcome 65–70
71–74 It Started with Trees 71–74
75–78 In Such a Season 75–78
79–82 Becoming the Clay 79–82
83–86 A Calling to Campus 83–86
87–90 Doing Campus Ministry Latinamente 87–90
91–94 Unfolding 91–94
95–98 Called by Name for Engagement with the World 95–98
99–102 So, You’re the Bishop 99–102
103–106 To Say Yes, Again and Again and Again 103–106
107–110 Ministry in the Public Square 107–110
111–114 The Inward and Outward Journey of Ministry 111–114
115–118 The Communion Table as Vocational Pathway in Nonprofit Leadership 115–118
119–122 Discovering God’s Call in Prayer and Community 119–122
123–126 Ministry Connecting Faith and Health 123–126
127–130 Called by Community 127–130
131–134 Spiritual Entrepreneurship 131–134
135–138 A Way Out of No Way 135–138
139–142 A (Non) Sacramental (Non) Ministry of Food 139–142
143–146 A Thread You Follow 143–146
147–152 Holy Friendships: Ecumenical and Interfaith Connections 147–152
153–156 An Unexpected Way 153–156
157–160 The Unexpected within a Call 157–160
161–164 Just Keep Walking 161–164
165–168 Starting New Faith Communities: What’s the Point? 165–168
169–172 On Starting New Things While the World Is Burning 169–172
173–176 Mi Camino 173–176
177–180 Farm Church 177–180
181–186 Introducing Bivocational Ministry 181–186
187–190 Thank God for Friends 187–190
191–194 Jarena’s Daughter 191–194
195–198 Cobbling a Mosaic in Vocation 195–198
199–200 Conclusion 199–200
201–208 Notes 201–208
209–218 Index 209–218
219–230 About the Contributors 219–230

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