🧩, how do we integrate this kind of thing?

Published: Mon, 01/30/23

Hello, !

What helps you to live well with your losses and griefs?

Often at Three Minute Ministry Mentor we write and share about integration, but integrating loss and grief is a slightly different topic. This week we continue our conversation with Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer of Yale Divinity School about loss and grief. Catch up with part one - Ambiguous Loss - here.

How do we integrate our losses into life? Last fall I released a report covering two-plus years of research with ministers and lay leaders. The #PandemicPastoring Report highlighted the experiences — resilience and desolation, grace and grief — of ministry leaders since March of 2020.

This week, have a look at the video conversation and let's explore how life and love, friendship and loss, joy, beauty, and grief are mixed together.

PODCAST

Eileen Campbell-Reed recently sat down with Andy Hale, host of the CBF Podcast. Have a listen to what she shared about her new book, the #PandemicPastoring Report, and how we are going to
navigate ministry in a new era.

Writing Table

It's the perfect time to invest in your writing habit and join for the month of January. Just $20 will get you a seat at the Writing Table every weekday in February!

Try the Download Gallery

Which downloads are you using best? We offer this Download Gallery to you - a collection of blessings, prayers, guides, and reports for you! ALL FREE downloads to support your ministry! Have a look, and enjoy these items to inspire your pastoral imagination.

Blessings for...

+ Starting Seminary - welcome to your disorientation

+ Graduation - for grads, families, and mentors

+ Ordination - for impossible times

Prayers and Guides

+ A Longest Night Prayer - ideal for worship in mid-winter

+ Permission to Grieve - 5 Spiritual Practices for Grief

+ A Reading List for Prophetic Hope, recommended by Rev. Dr. Judy Cummings

Reports

+ The State of Clergywomen Report (2018)

+ The #PandemicPastoring Report (2022)

Please visit the 3MMM shop
for more resources!