By: gfesadmin on June 3, 2013
This week’s reading, a well researched and significant book by Tom Rath and Don Clifton reminded me much of two other books that were of immense benefit during critical junctures in my life. To describe the reading of these books as life changing would definitely not be an overstatement. They were more than just mile markers. The first…
By: Joy Mindo on June 3, 2013
I am going through a month of great transitions, like I have never gone through in my life. I was very aware of the conflicting emotions that I was going through and most of all in my mind. I have found myself awake at two or three o’clock in the morning wondering how I…
By: gfesadmin on May 31, 2013
5 Short Travel Stories from Israel/5 Strategies of Rath 1. Loving Choice – Prevent Bucket Dripping Recently I let too many drips fall from my bucket and someone else’s bucket; and felt the effects for the rest of the day. I entered into a conversation with someone I love and respect but by the end…
By: gfesadmin on May 31, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on May 31, 2013
This has been a good week to reflect on Tom Rath’s five principles in his book, How Full is Your Bucket? Here is how the five principles played out. Bucket Dipping In the last couple of days a good friend of mind received good news that he has been hired as pastoral staff at a…
By: gfesadmin on May 30, 2013
How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton is a good reminder for us to live healthy and productive lives by enriching the lives of those around us. I have been reflecting on the five strategies it encourages us to live our lives by. They are: Prevent bucket dipping; The concept is…
By: gfesadmin on May 30, 2013
In the summer of 2009, after a long four year push in ministry, I said to Naomi (my wife) that I was going to go lay down and take a nap. Now, I love naps, but on this day in 2009 I hadn’t taken a nap in almost 5 years. It was around 2 o’clock in…
By: gfesadmin on May 30, 2013
This week for my D.Min assignment I was tasked with reading the book How Full Is You Bucket? By Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton. Roam and Clifton’s thesis is simple: people are happier and more productive at work and in life when they are reinforced by positive feedback and settings. Of course, this is…
By: gfesadmin on May 30, 2013
Five Strategies for Increasing Positive Emotions This week I read, “How Full is Your Bucket” and spent a considerable amount of time in Moore, Oklahoma helping people whose homes were decimated by an F5 tornado that was 1.5miles wide and on the ground for 17 miles. I didn’t think my reading would lend itself…
By: Joy Mindo on May 28, 2013
I came to know about George Fox with the use of a napkin. Dan Brunner, a professor at George Fox was attending the Amahoro Gathering in Cape Town in 2009. I was asked to join the Africa Board of Amahoro and accepted. I wondered if I was up to the task in providing leadership for…
By: gfesadmin on May 26, 2013
Exploring A Question This week’s reading from Roam: The Back of the Napkin was an interesting and valuable tool to include in a leader’s toolbox. The tool explores a visually creative and systematic way of generating innovative ideas and problem solving. The tool simplifies the entire process, brings clarity, and shows an explicit way to…
By: gfesadmin on May 24, 2013
Last week I returned home from China. The purpose of the visit was to review a potential Retirement Community management contract project in the heart of Tianjin and to continue to negotiate a Joint Venture contract merging two organizations together to do business in China. The Chinese Organization brings to the JV, the connections and…
By: gfesadmin on May 24, 2013
This week in our Doctor of Ministry cohort we were tasked with reading the book The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam and put the thesis of the book into action. Roam’s central point is that when we draw out our ideas and problems we can see,…
By: gfesadmin on May 24, 2013
One of the forefront discussions in North America is the revitalization of public education. This multi-layered dialogue is often an involved matter debated in congress, social media, community forums, classrooms and by former and current educational professionals. The reality is that most urban schools in the public education system are broken; they seem to…
By: gfesadmin on May 23, 2013
“A Peace of Napkin” Dan Roam’s book “The Back of the Napkin” contains fantastic ideas about ways to change our thinking and solve problems. Specificaly, he addresses the way our mind visualizes and the simplicity of using pictures. His concepts include how we “Look, See, Imagine and Show, the who/what/how much/where/when/how/why of things, as well…
By: gfesadmin on May 23, 2013
One of the challenges faced as the indigenous Church grows in India and the number of small house churches increases is their relationship with the community. In many cases, conflicts arise between the church and the community because of wrong perceptions on the part of the church as well as the community. As a result…
By: gfesadmin on May 23, 2013
The problem that I wanted to identify and clarify is the difference in function between a “come” ministry and a “go” ministry. So, using the look, see, imagine, show process I began to draw. (I am one of the “’I can’t draw, but…’ people, otherwise known as the Yellow Pen people (or highlighters) because they’re often…
By: gfesadmin on May 23, 2013
Back of the Napkin Exercise I am reading Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam. He encourages organizations to solve problems through simple drawings. The problem that I am attempting to solve is to increase the effectiveness of the worship experience on Sunday. We presently have two separate teams with little crossover. They both have…
By: gfesadmin on May 23, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on May 23, 2013
Over the past seven years I have directed a Spiritual Formation ministry directed at local and regional youth workers, named Project Renovation. The vision of the Project is simple, we are committed to “renewing souls and resourcing leaders”. However, sometimes in our passion to care for and develop the souls of these young leaders, we…
