This episode is the final installment in a series of interviews with Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes. Host Eileen Campbell-Reed asks Cláudio for his wisdom, encouragement, and support for all who are leading worship. Recognizing the crises constantly happening in the world around us and in our own lives, Eileen notes the difficulty leaders face in planning worship week in and week out in local congregations. Cláudio helps us step back and consider how we are connected to each other and how that might inform our worship.

This podcast is part III of a series of interviews host Eileen Campbell-Reed shares with Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes. Here they discuss Cláudio’s work on the book, Liturgies from Below. The book is a collection of prayers from people living on the margins in places around the world. Cláudio shares his experiences of listening, learning, and holding space for the voices of the marginalized and oppressed. He helps all of us explore our grammar of faith and language of prayer.

In this episode, host Eileen Campbell-Reed continues an interview with scholar, artist, and liturgist Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes. Here Cláudio discusses how he sustains his creative process throughout his life and in all the many different forms his work takes. From lecturing to preaching to his recent production of his first play, Cláudio is constantly using his creativity to teach and inspire. Listen in as he shares his approach with us.

Listen in as host Eileen Campbell-Reed interviews scholar, artist, and liturgist Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes. In 2023 Cláudio produced and played the main character in his very first play. In this conversation, we hear about Cláudio’s creative process in putting the musical play together. Cláudio is from Brazil, and he drew on his childhood stories, music, and relationships as this new form of performance took shape. The idea of a play came to him as he considered how to talk with his students about climate change. His goal is to help his students, and all of us, consider the climate emergency from a new point of view.

In this episode, host Eileen Campbell-Reed discusses her book, ”Pastoral Imagination.” The world around us is ever-changing, and it’s a new era of ministry for pastors, chaplains, activists, and other leaders. Pastoral imagination is about learning in practice, deepening conversations and reflections, and learning from both mistakes and successes. Eileen’s book, ”Pastoral Imagination,” is helpful for ministers at every stage, from beginners to those who have practiced for a lifetime. Tune into this episode for more insight into the practice of pastoral imagination and ideas for incorporating this practice into your ministry.

What can taking out the trash teach us about transition and grief? In these reflections from the summer of 2024, host Eileen Campbell-Reed helps us consider the concrete and measurable losses we’ve faced as well as the more ambiguous losses and transitions in our lives. Eileen reminds us that grief work is the work of ministry, and we are called to engage this work with ourselves and the people we serve.

Listen in as host Eileen Campbell-Reed shares her experience of unearthing treasure while she cleaned out her parents’ house in the spring and summer of 2024. Like so many of us, Eileen’s family held onto lots of things. Sifting through these things brings a wide range of emotions to the surface. We might ask what do these feelings and digging through history teach us about the practice of ministry? In this episode, Eileen suggests three possible treasures for us to consider.

In this episode, host Eileen Campbell-Reed discusses the reality of grief in all our lives. We know that grief, loss, trauma, and brokenness are inevitable. The question is, what do we do? How do we cope? Eileen shares excerpts from Callie Swanlund’s book, ”From Weary to Wholehearted,” reminding us that we are not alone.

How can a writing community support the creative work of developing a book? How can we approach writing in a sustainable and wholehearted way? Rev. Callie Swanlund talks with Eileen Campbell-Reed about how writing in community worked for her, and some key practices she used in writing her most recent book.

What does it mean to live into ministry in a sustainable and wholehearted way? Here are two big keys needed for unlocking ministry that is sustainable. Rev. Callie Swanlund. talks with Eileen Campbell-Reed about what burnout can look like and what it means to live into a sustainable and wholehearted ministry. Swanlund's new book is called From Weary to Wholehearted: A Restorative Resource for Overcoming Clergy Burnout. This book is her “love letter” to clergy and church leaders who are facing isolation, exhaustion, and burnout.  Swanlund is a regular at The Writing Table. Find out more about this writing community, here. Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day" and Pixabay for "Calm Night Piano Music."    #clergywomen #clergylife #clergymama #youngclergywomeninternational #pastoralimagination #baptistwomeninministry #Baptistlife #cooperativeBaptists #ordinationblessing #ordinationforimpossibletimes 

Remembering her ordination is necessarily tied up with stories, Eileen Campbell-Reed tells us. It means tending to the legacies of love that nurtured a calling, and being intentional about the ways we might carry out that legacy in these impossible times.  Have a listen to this story of ordination, and consider what following a calling means. This story of celebration and remembrance is also a day of celebration for the thousands of women ordained to ministry. It is also a lament for the thousands who might be called and yet do not (or will not) know the blessing of ordination because their denomination or their church does not recognize their gifts and calling. Many occasions for vocational loss, and grief. Even when all the best circumstances and context and the Spirit come together for an ordination, we are still living in what feel like impossible times to serve God, the church, and a beautiful and broken world. Take courage friends. The world needs your gifts. Now more than ever.   To encourage you, take a look at this blessing, Ordination for Impossible Times. Download a copy for yourself or a ministry friend: 3mmm.us/episode233 Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day" and Pixabay for "Calm Night Piano Music." Thank you to Anastasia Ker for the music “Be Thou My Vision"    #clergywomen #clergylife #clergymama #youngclergywomeninternational #pastoralimagination #baptistwomeninministry #Baptistlife #cooperativeBaptists #ordinationblessing #ordinationforimpossibletimes 

Imagine advocating for a place where women and lgbtiqa+ people preach and lead most Sundays. A place where seminary students seek to learn from wise pastors. Where every age person from youngest to eldest has a place and a role in the ministry, education, and worship of the congregation. Eileen Campbell-Reed offers 10 questions to inspire our #pastoralimagination to advocating for women. Have a look at more questions for better advocacy, here.  For more ways to advocate for women in ministry, have a look at the work of Baptist Women in Ministry, here.   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day" and Pixabay for "Calm Night Piano Music" #ministrywithchildren #kidmin #childrensministerpodcast #childrensdefensefund #clergywomen #clergylife #clergymama #youngclergywomeninternational #pastoralimagination #baptistwomeninministry 

Whatever ministry we are considering, it is profoundly important that we ask the children. After we ask them, we must listen. Eileen Campbell-Reed discusses her recent experience in a cohort to prioritize the well-being of children. The Children’s Defense Fund shaped this thriving congregations cohort to recalibrate our ministries by listening to young people. Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, president and chief executive of CDF is asking us to prioritize the dignity, hope and joy of children in all our work. He is asking us to participate in “unleashing the joy of growing up.”   How do we begin unleashing that joy? Here are 12 questions to ask the children in our ministry settings.      Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day" and Pixabay for "Calm Night Piano Music"     #ministrywithchildren #kidmin #childrensministerpodcast #childrensdefensefund #hopeforchristianeducation #christianeducation #clergylife #clergymama #youngclergywomeninternational #pastoralimagination   

You who are called by God. We know you have heard it. Someone saying surely you misheard. That you don’t know what you are doing. You see the problems in the Church and the world, and you are ready with thoughtful and creative ways forward. They may say you are too young. Too old. Too busy raising children. Or too single. Too ambitious. Driven. Too distracted. Too much. They miss out on seeing you. The full you. The person God is calling to this work. This episode offers encouragement and a blessing for those days when you remember your calling. Learn more, here.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #baptistwomeninministry #BWIM #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #baptizedandordained #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #LGBTQclergy  #mentalwellnessformen #mentalwellnessforwomen  #mentalhealthinthechurch #calledtoministry #thiscalling 

"You're feeling vocational grief." 3MMM Host Eileen Campbell-Reed shares this realization, and what it meant for her. In this episode, an excerpt from our All Saints Day Virtual Service, we invite you to take time to honor your loss and grief.  You may want to gather up a piece of paper and a marker or pen. As you listen, let yourself pay attention to your own spiritual well-being by giving a little space to your vocational losses and grief. The prayer offered by Kali Cawthon-Freels gives voice to the #vocationalgrief many ministers and leaders have shared.  Learn more, here.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #baptistwomeninministry #BWIM #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #LGBTQclergy  #mentalwellnessformen #mentalwellnessforwomen #teenmentalhealth #mentalhealthinthechurch 

How do women thrive in ministry? Eileen Campbell-Reed explores this question by imagining a future where women in ministry are thriving - 5 "future stories" that look like this:   Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  churches  pay  equitably Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  leadership  is  collaborative.  Women  thrive  in  ministry  when  men  focus  on  care  for  themselves  and  all  people. Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  we  are  not  so  angry  all  the  time.   Women  thrive  in  ministry  because  child  well -being  is  normative,  expected, and  funded. Listen in to this episode that explores how men caring for their well-being and mental health affects flourishing in ministry for women and LGBTQIA+ clergy. Learn more.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor :  https://3mmm.us/welcome  Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #pastoralimagination #ministryinpractice #clergylife #clergywomen #clergywomenofcolor #blm #youngclergywomen #baptistwomeninministry #BWIM #youngclergywomeninternational #lgbtqclergy #theologypodcast #clergypodcast #womenauthors #WritingTable #FreeWriteFridays #mentalwellness #TheologyThursday #selfcompassionpractices #LGBTQclergy #youthministry #ministrywithchildren  #mentalwellnessformen #mentalwellnessforwomen #teenmentalhealth #mentalhealthinthechurch   

Episode 87: Baptized and Ordained  Eileen Campbell-Reed tells about how women and queer clergy are changing ministry for good. Baptized and Ordained is a year-long community, advance reading and feedback group, opportunity for live events. Sign up and find out more: https://BaptizedAndOrdained.org    Questions answered in the video:  0:20 A new book & community1:45 How women and queer clergy are changing ministry2:38 You are invited to become part of this community3:13 What does the community include? 4:39 How will it work? 5:05 Why does this book matter? 6:46 Join by October 1 Three levels of the Baptized and Ordained Community: CLIO level: $5/monthTHALIA level: $10/monthPOLLY level: $20/month Learn more and sign up: https://BaptizedAndOrdained.org   BLOG: "How Women Thrive in Ministry" ARTICLE “No Joke: How A Culture of Disbelief Keeps Clergywomen Pushing Uphill”BOOK: Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life BOOK: Anatomy of a Schism  REPORT: #PandemicPastoringReport  REPORT:  State of Clergywomen in the US https://stateofclergywomen.org  Music: “One Step Further” by Roman Senyk (on Pixabay)https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-one-step-further-141064/ Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org   Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Music: “One Step Further” by Roman Senyk (on Pixabay)   #pastoralimagination #baptizedandordained #LGBTQclergy #clergywomen #youngclergywomen #womeninministry 

3MMM | Podcast #86: How Women Thrive in Ministry Three Minute Ministry Mentor (3MMM) host Eileen Campbell-Reed is answering the question, how do women thrive in ministry?   She shares 5 ways to imagine future stories in which women are thriving.  This conversation opens up more about Eileen's latest book: "Baptized and Ordained" (working title).  This book will explore how women clergy and queer clergy are changing the practice of ministry for good.  In this episode, Eileen tells more about the ideas around this new book, and invites you to be a part of it!  To learn more about becoming an advanced reader for Eileen's book, visit and find out more information: https://eileencampbellreed.org/baptized-and-ordained  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome   Writing? Join us at #TheWritingTable - find out about membership info and Free Write Fridays.   Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org    Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.” 

Have you ever  simply run out of words?  3MMM Host Eileen Campbell-Reed tells us about how she did. And how she "learned to pray in God’s language" of silence. Perhaps you would like to give it a try? How to Start Meditating - a simple, step-by-step guide to a practice of silence and prayer.  More: 3MMM Episode 199: Pray, Read, Write How will you notice the quality of silence in your life? What is your calling in this season? + Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org + Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome + Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”      #howtomeditate #meditationpractices #pastoralimagination #clergylife

In this episode, we offer a Mother’s Day prayer. Yet, it is not like the ones Eileen Campbell-Reed grew up hearing. This prayer is more of a psalm and a lament. It lifts up to God the painful and unspeakable facets of mothering and #mothersday. It also honors the gifts and graces of mothering. God in her wisdom sees and hears it all. There is no truth we cannot pray.   + For the full text of this prayer, go to eileencampbellreed.org  + Download a copy of the #PandemicPastoring Report: https://pandemicpastoring.org  + Faith communities have been challenged. Changed. Grieved. And it is time to talk about it. Check out the new Study Guide, here.  Thank you! You are invited to subscribe to weekly episodes of Three Minute Ministry Mentor https://3mmm.us/welcome  Thank you Stockaudios for the podcast theme music, “Happy Day.”     #Mothersdaygrief   #HannahService    #MothersDayPrayer #MothersDay2023 #pastoralimagination