Experience

Matthew Floding is general editor of the Explorations in Theological Field Education series and co-editor of the journal Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry. The Research and Publication Committee of ATFE has awarded Floding four research grants that have resulted in a dozen publications. He most recently served as Duke Divinity School’s director of ministerial formation. Rev. Dawn Davis, DMin, overseesfield education for students for ordained ministry and teaching at Huron University in Ontario, Canada. She is also the creator of Revive: Equipping Lay Leaders to be Spiritual Leaders, a video-based program that seeks to transform lay leaders in the church into confident lay spiritual leaders. Previously she was Faith Formation Coordinator for the Diocese of Niagara.

Acknowledgements

Introduction, Matthew Floding

I: Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education

Introduction to Spiritual Formation in Theological Field Education, Dawn Davis



Storytelling and the Spiritual Autobiography, Sung Hee Chang
Just Gotta Tell Somebody: The Journey of African American Song and Story in Theological Reflection, C. Vanessa White
Theological Reflection in a Prayerful Community, Marilyn Draper
The Spiritual Practice of Mentoring, Debra Anderson
Lead with Your Ears: SELAH Peer Group Spiritual Direction in Theological Field Education, John Hugh McNally
Lectio Divina in Field Education, Tim Coltvet
Visio Divina, Divine Seeing, Dorothee Tripodee
Let Us Pray: Leading Prayer, Dawn Davis
Ignatian Examen in Group Theological Reflection, L. Callid Keefe-Perry
Spiritual Stones: The Practice of Sacred Remembering, Geoffrey Vandermolen
Indigenous Spiritual Practices into the Field Education Program, Rosalyn Elm and Hana Scorrar
Restorative Justice, Theological Reflection, and the Calling of the Catholic Church, Angela L. Swain
Singing as Spiritual Practice, Thomas W. Elliott, Jr.
Spiritual Practices in Field Education as Inwardly Digesting, GailMarie Henderson
The Practice of Lament, Bonnie LeMelle Abadie
Cultivating Holy Curiosity: Metanoia as a Spiritual Disposition for Christian Ministry, John Senior
Gratitude Transforms, Carolyn A. Wright
Breadmaking as Communal Spiritual Practice, Christina R. Zaker
Contemplative Photography, Susan MacAlpine-Gillis
The Spiritual Practice of Handcrafts: Nurturing the Soul for Ministry, Chelle Huth
Rest, Release, Repeat: The Use of Embodied Prayer Practice for Integrative Contextual Education, Natalie Wigg-Stevenson
Sabbath Keeping, Melvin R. Baber
Rule of and for Life, James K. Hampton

II. Lifegiving and Ministry Sustaining Practices

Introduction, Matthew Floding



Dream Appreciation as Spiritual Practice, James Hazelwood
May All That Has Breath, Susan Hendershot
Rest as Resistance, Kristina Lizardi-Hajbi
A New Song: Singing as Spiritual Practice, Todd F. Campbell, Jr.
Bringing My Grandmother in the Room: Relationality as Spiritual Practice, Danielle J. Buhuro
The Lord’s Prayer, Katie Crowe
Disrupting Prayer Time, Marc Lavarin, Sr.
Trees, Rocks, Water, Hills, Tammerie Day
Finding Something in Nothing, Michael Bos
Grounding Practices: Pathways to Wisdom and Wellbeing, Theresa F. Latini
Slowly and Slower Still, Christine J. Hong
The Spiritual Practice of Honoring Urgency, Sarah B. Drummond
They’ll Help You Keep at Ministry, William Willimon
Curiosity as Spiritual Gift, Kent Busman
Cultivating Attentiveness and Responsiveness through the Ignatian Examen, Megan Shepherd
When the Mundane is Holy, Rhina Ramos
I Can Paint a Wall, Ann M. Kansfield
Grounded, Christy Berghoef
The Power of Contemplative Meditation and Reflection, Amanda A. N. Alexander
In Two Minds: Distraction and Spiritual Formation, Matthew Floding

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