There is so much to learn about the practice of ministry in courses like these, that mis-steps, stumbles and even more overt failure are unavoidable. And although failures large and small are inevitable, does not mean they are the end. In fact they can be the beginning of something very important!
This week’s episode of 3MMM turns our attention to how we might fail creatively on the way to learning the complex practice of ministry.
The resource I recommend in this week’s episode comes from author and art curator Sarah Lewis. In one of my favorite books of the last five years, The Rise, she explores how failure is an essential weigh station on the path to discovery, invention, and mastery of any complex, meaningful production.
I hope you will take time this week to do these things: 1) thank a field education professor or supervisor who has helped you along your pathway of learning; 2) consider how to reframe the failures you’ve experienced as creative opportunities for growth and discovery.
Have you missed an episode of the Three Minute Ministry Mentor lately? You are invited to visit the 3MMM page and get caught up any time!
Episode 87: Baptized and Ordained
Episode 86: How Women Thrive in Ministry
Episode 85: How to Start Meditating
Episode 84: A Mother’s Day Prayer
Episode 83: Finding Our Way
Episode 82: Talking Through Tragedy
Episode 81: Beauty of Motherhood, Full Conversation
Episode 80: Parenting as a Practice
Episode 79: Graceful Parenting
Episode 78: Mental Wellbeing
Episode 77: Leading in Loss
Episode 76: Self Compassion
Episode 75: Integrating Loss
Episode 74: Ambiguous Loss
Episode 73: Questions for Discernment
Episode 72: Vocational Discernment
Episode 71:Ten Important Things
3MMM | Episode 70: Embodied and Relational Reading
3MMM | Episode 69: Lenten Practices
3MMM | Episode 68: Permission to Read
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