Pastoral Imagination at Two + gifts and resources for your #ministrylife
I hope this Monday finds you at the start of some beautiful and meaningful moments. My recent book, Pastoral Imaginationis two years old!
Episode 197: Pastoral Imagination at Two
My Fortress Press editor Scott Tunseth told me this was a book for the
long-haul, made for seminary classrooms and new ministers. And he was right! It continues to find its way into new peer mentoring groups, classrooms, and libraries each month.
The book is based on a longitudinal
study of seminary graduates (2009-present), and it focuses on how ministers cultivate pastoral imagination, an embodied, relational, spiritual, and integrative capacity needed for the wise and improvisational practice of ministry. I thought a fun way to celebrate the book birthday would be to share 20 brief FUN FACTS about the book.
It demonstrates how we are living in a new era of ministry. We need to talk about the changes and losses. And we need to explore how to live into the new season with
creativity, grace, and pastoral imagination.
The #PPR Study Guide offers three sessions to help you lead conversations with your Sunday School class, weekly prayer or study group, or leadership retreat.
Appreciation for Colleagues Some of the best and most prolific pastoral theologians I know have been featured in recent episodes. Have a look at the wisdom they offer.
What is the Writing Table? In the early pandemic days, students, pastors, professors, and authors…
#FreeWrite Fridays are actually Free! No cost. And a great way to try out the Writing Table for yourself. Just sign up to receive a weekly email reminder on Thursdays, and then join us on Friday mornings on
Zoom.
If you want explore our
collection of blessings, prayers, guides, and reports please visit the Download Gallery today! ALL FREE downloads to support your ministry!
We hope these items will inspire your pastoral imagination.
The entire month of May is the full celebrations. Sometimes those celebratory moments are complicated by loss and grief. We hope these resources and really all that we create and share, can be a support to you
through this complex season!
