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It is Epiphany! Time for stars and blessings. Looking forward and looking back! And we have a beautiful offering for you today. More of my conversation with Bruce Reyes-Chow. It landed just perfectly for today. 

And Bruce's reflections on faith and vocation prompt two invitations for you! We invite you to take time for spiritual reflection on this day of Epiphany. Look back to your ancestors and look forward to your descendents. How do they inspire you to live and work in the now? 

Conversation with Bruce Reyes-Chow

As we wrap up Season Six, we have another conversation in our series with Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow today. Each weekly episode and interview is brief. It comes with an invitation for you to spend a few minutes on Monday mornings finding inspiration and information to support your practice of ministry. 

I want to help you launch your week by learning something valuable, doing a bit of self-reflection, and/or thinking with a new perspective. All of the episodes we share at 3MMM are supported by research from the only national, longitudinal (ongoing, year after year), and ecumenical study of ministry in the U.S., the Learning Pastoral Imagination Project. I’ve been directing the LPI study and following ministers, along with Chris Scharen since 2009. 

Conversation with Bonnie Miller-McLemore

We also have new episodes from my conversation with Dr. Bonnie Miller-McLemore coming later in January! Her new book Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling (Oxford, 2024) is a powerful, interesting, and very engaging book on vocation in its many dimensions. You are going to enjoy these conversations so much!

Women's Work Series | Columbia Seminary

This week, I'll be speaking on Thursday, January 9 as part of a series of "micro-retreats." My topic is "vocational grief." Is this hitting a nerve for you right now? Don't try to push into the new year without taking some time for attending to losses and laments from the past year. 

Register for the January 9 online event today. The Women's Work Series is sponsored by Columbia Theological Seminary. This is a pay as you are able event. You also get all past recordings and future live events, including presentations by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes and singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer. 

Please join me over at the blog for a great conversation with Bruce Reyes-Chow and two invitations to do some Epiphany reflections this Monday morning - or anytime really!

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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