By: Chris Pritchett on June 20, 2019
Growing up playing many sports but especially soccer, I always had coaches in my life. My coaches have mostly challenged me to do my best, pushed me to try harder, encouraged me when I failed, and celebrated with me my successes. When a coach has seventeen players on a soccer team, one of his primary…
By: Jason Turbeville on June 20, 2019
I have never been one for self help books. It always struck me as strange that instead of seeking out mentors or others to help myself along whatever journey I was on at the time that I should turn to a book. In his book Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching, Tom Camacho makes…
By: Harry Edwards on June 20, 2019
Reading Tom Camacho’s Mining for Gold was refreshing, encouraging and challenging all at once. Refreshing because it locates leadership within each of our strengths (ironically, this means relying on our weaknesses); encouraging because Camacho reminds us that our identity is in Christ; and challenging because it requires full reliance on the Holy Spirit for results,…
By: Andrea Lathrop on June 20, 2019
Tom Camacho’s book gives a beautiful overview of the gifts of coaching in the Kingdom of God and makes it is difficult to pick a direction to reflect upon. I would like to be coached by someone like Tom Camacho. Who wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of this? Deep Listening Asking Great…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on June 19, 2019
I have always said the people we work with and minister to are our greatest assets. It turns out Tom Camacho, author of Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching, feels the same way. He says, “The greatest treasure is found in people, not shiny yellow rocks. The people around us are treasures of…
By: Jean Ollis on June 19, 2019
Having just returned from the Pikes Peak region, Tom Camacho’s Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching caught my attention. Colorado has a rich history in gold mining – one which changed the trajectory of the U.S. territory turned state of Colorado. On one of our trips west, we had the opportunity to visit…
By: Dave Watermulder on June 19, 2019
When was the last time you were coached? Was it on a sports team in high school? Was it for an acting class or singing lesson? Have you been coached in your professional life by mentors or pastors in a directed and intentional way? In his forthcoming book, Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching, Tom…
By: Dave Watermulder on June 19, 2019
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By: Dan Kreiss on June 19, 2019
A fitting conclusion to our required reading for this program, Mining for Gold by Tom Camacho, encourages readers to draw out the best in those they lead. Mining often occurs in ordinary looking environs and frequently requires entering the depths to bring out the precious metal. This is a powerful metaphor to put into practice…
By: Jennifer Williamson on June 19, 2019
In Chapter One of Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders through Coaching, Christian Coach and leader Tom Camacho states, “Prayer is the real transforming force in ministry”[1] In the section on Building a Coaching Leadership Culture, the first key concept listed was “Pray.”[2] In the “Potential Action Steps” section at the end of each chapter,…
By: Rev Jacob Bolton on June 18, 2019
“In order to see the gold God has placed in a person, we need to see them with the eyes of the Spirit. To draw out someone’s true potential, we need to cooperate with the Spirit of God.”[1] So starts Tom Camacho’s excellent read on coaching both for leaders in the church and by leaders…
By: Colleen Batchelder on June 17, 2019
Tom Camacho, pastor of Blue Bridge Vineyard Church and nationally certified leadership coach[1], challenges his readers to understand the height, the breadth, and the depth of the love of God. His personality is interwoven throughout the text and his passion for people is evident as each chapter unfolds. However, this book is not simply a…
By: Jay Forseth on June 17, 2019
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By: Tammy Dunahoo on June 17, 2019
One does not have to read very far in the Gospels to see Jesus’ methodology of making disciples. Do life together, ask questions, send the disciples to practice, ask questions, give a small amount of teaching, ask questions, model the lesson, ask questions, ask questions, ask questions and not necessarily in that order. We know…
By: Jean Ollis on June 17, 2019
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By: John Muhanji on June 17, 2019
Thank you for making this book available for us to read as we prepare to visit the UK during the Fall Advance class. Kenya being a former colony of the British culture, I could identify myself with many similar issues I read in this book in Kenya. Tan Terry has prepared us basically to be…
By: Wallace Kamau on June 15, 2019
The thought of London awakens many memories in my past, some good and some not so good like British imperialism in Africa but it serves me to concentrate on the very good ones. Coming from a commonwealth country, I’m sure that there are many things that I’ll find that are similar like driving on the…
By: Karen Rouggly on June 14, 2019
Prior to going back to school, it would not be uncommon to find me lounging on the couch twice a year for six hours at a time. I spent the duration of the time with some of my favorite things: popcorn and Mr. Darcy. I love the story of Pride and Prejudice and the BBC…
By: Harry Fritzenschaft on June 14, 2019
Camacho’s Mining For Gold is a rare book for me in that I know and have worked with the author. This connection influences the insights I have gained from the book. First, I know and have worked with Tom Camacho in his former role of Coaching Coordinator for Multiply Vineyard, the resource arm for Vineyard…
By: Mary Mims on June 14, 2019
Oliver Twist saying, “please sir, I want some more”, Mary Poppins singing, “feed the birds, tuppence a bag”, and Edith Crawley taking the train from the castle in the countryside to her London flat, are all images I have of London instilled in my mind over the years from movies and television. Hargraves Orin says…
