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Leading your fai

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This week we are exploring changed callings, times when our vocations are fractured or when new callings arrive in unexpected ways. I invite you to listen in to Part IV of my conversation with Dr. Bonnie Miller-McLemore. She reads from her new book Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling. And I think you will find a lot to think about in our conversation.

I've also been experimenting with a new form (to me) of writing called, “Micro Prose.” It is a form of writing with limited time and words. I learned about micro prose in a workshop with Darien Gee. What follows is a piece that I wrote in response to the question: 

                When have I experienced a changed calling?

Changed Callings: A Reflection

I think I like change.
But this is because I plan to live a very long time.
I like the way my living is going.
I fuss. Complain sometimes. Rage a little. Or a lot.
 

Blessings for You

Here is a blessing I shared last week on Wednesday, March 19, the date of my 30th ordiversary (ordination anniversary). Please receive this blessing for your vocation:

Friends, whatever your calling... 

to heal people or to help them grieve

to build new things or restore old things

to teach children or to walk dogs
to listen to sorrows or grow food 

to make art or write books 

to sell, serve, sing, or sweat

to discover, create, lament or protest

to do the most ordinary or the most unimaginable... 

I hope and pray for you a vocation of lasting joy, challenge, and fulfillment at the end of the day and the end of all your days. Blessings to you, . 

If you are approaching your own ordination, or someone you know is coming up to time for ordination? Here is an ordination blessing for impossible times. Please do share! 

Join me for #FreeWrite Friday!

Part of my vocation these days is to write and accompany writers through coaching and making space for their work. Every Friday we offer a free hour of writing alongside pastors, chaplains, professors, poets, and writers. You are welcome anytime. Just sign up and you'll get a Thursday night email with your link and some weekly writing inspiration!

Speaking of vocation.... I hope you are enjoying all the episodes of my conversation with Bonnie Miller-McLemore. We are talking about her new book Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling. 

Reminder that during March, which is Women's History Month, you may be able to view the 2024 documentary, “The Philadelphia 11” on your local PBS station. Check the times and channels here.

We have some exciting news to share. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for all the details. You are going to want to celebrate with us on this one!

Here is Part I of my conversation 
with Bonnie Miller-McLemore

Writing as a Spiritual Practice

Ring Lake Ranch

June 29 - July 5, 2025

Remember, , what you do and who you are matters! I believe in you, and I hope you will let me know how I can support you!

Warmly,

Eileen

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