Purposefully broad: Reflections on ministry outside the parish

When I began seminary in the summer of 2016, I’d been out of college for exactly two months. Raised in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and an incredibly nurturing congregation, I majored in religion in college, fascinated by the study of theology in an academic setting. I took every available class on different world religions, soaking in a wide array of ideas about ritual, afterlife and worship. I joined a program centered on vocational...