Explore - (Explorations in Theological Field Education) by Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi & Matthew Floding (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

This volume helps ministerial leadership students engage the tools of discernment while introducing the various roles that seminarians may pursue, including pastors, varieties of chaplaincy, clinical pastoral educators, academics, and nonprofit leaders. It is an ideal resource for seminarians, particularly during theological field education.

Review Quotes

"Diversity of perspectives makes this volume useful for anyone discerning their vocational call to ministry. Readable and relatable, the authors share deeply personal stories of call, from traditional congregational ministry to spiritual, entrepreneurial enterprises. Bold and prophetic, the activity of the Holy Spirit is imbued in the poetry and prose. The church would do well to think about vocation and ministry in such a comprehensive manner."

"The book is accessible, gritty, and honest. It raises good conversation on the multiplicity of vocation and represents the complexity of life, vocation, and constructed meaning that we, in religious and ministerial circles, have known and navigated for some time. Vocation, in this context, is a complicated conversation and we have the beneficial wisdom of this diverse group of authors to articulate this complexity for us in this truth-telling and thought-provoking project."

About the Author

Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi is director of the Office of Professional Formation and term assistant professor of leadership and formation at Iliff School of Theology. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and has served as a hospital chaplain, youth leader, multicultural student affairs administrator, and denominational staff.
Matthew Floding was director of ministerial formation at Duke Divinity School. He is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America and has served as pastor, college chaplain, dean of students and director of field education.