By: Jana Dluehosh on January 19, 2023
I am a PK…in other word’s a Pastor’s kid. In fact, I’m (or was) a pastor’s Grandkid, Pastor’s niece, Pastor’s sister-in-law, Pastor’s wife and Pastor. I have grown up inside the fishbowl of a ministry family. I start this way because I want to orient why I am a harsh critic of the church and…
By: Jenny Dooley on January 19, 2023
In his book, Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders through Coaching, Tom Camacho presents leaders with an invitation to mine for the gold hidden within the people around us. Mining for gold is a mindset and a heart attitude to see the immense treasure and image of God in others. Camacho’s premise is that God…
By: Adam Harris on January 19, 2023
Anyone ever told you there are no stupid questions? Mining for Gold may challenge that idea. Tom Camacho claims “There are great questions, OK questions, and terrible questions.” (Camacho, 70) At least when it comes to coaching. The journey that introduced Tom to coaching was raw and inspiring. It involved some real pain and I appreciated…
By: Jonita Fair-Payton on January 19, 2023
“It is beautiful. It is pure. It is soft. It is rare.” Honestly this book grabbed me with these twelve descriptive words, and I kept reading until I reached the end. I had no intention of reading every word, but this book was well-timed and really spoke to some struggles that I have been currently…
By: Todd E Henley on January 19, 2023
Oohhh, Mining For Gold by Tom Camacho had my heart racing for days. I literally felt it was Christmas as I read through many of the pages. Just over a year ago, I founded Restore Counseling Center. We have 1, 3, 5, and 10-year goals. Part of those goals include multiplying our counseling center in…
By: Kally Elliott on January 19, 2023
Reading Mining For Gold by Tom Camacho reminded me of a time when I was planting a new church and my husband was planting a new community center. When anyone would approach me or my husband with a new idea my husband’s first instinct would be to say, “Yes! That’s a great idea! Let’s try…
By: Travis Vaughn on January 18, 2023
I’m a big believer in coaching. In fact, I have two coaching appointments with two pastors scheduled for tomorrow morning, and I plan to look over my coaching questions as soon as I finish writing. Research clearly demonstrates the helpful nature of coaching across multiple industries and disciplines. That’s not even a debate at this…
By: John Fehlen on January 18, 2023
A few times while reading “Mining for Gold” by Tom Camacho, I found myself humming the song “Gold Digger” by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx. It’s a rap song from around 2005. Disclaimer: it’s moral TRASH. Don’t Google it. Don’t Shazam the lyrics. Don’t listen to it on Spotify. It’s morally debased, and I hesitate…
By: Tim Clark on January 18, 2023
The book Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders through Coaching by Tom Camacho contains frequent historical stories about people who struck gold, and after reading this book, I feel like I could add my name to the list. The book provides a philosophy and framework for healthy Leadership Coaching, which is helpful, but my ‘Eureka’…
By: Russell Chun on January 18, 2023
Isten a vezetők bányásza és finomítój. (Hungarian ) God is the miner and Refiner of leaders. That is how Imre Balogh translated Camacho’s words for me this morning. He called from Hungary to tell me that he and his newly married wife were expecting a little girl. Imi (his nickname) was my pitcher on the…
By: Jennifer Vernam on January 18, 2023
I have always enjoyed the story of Samuel. From his mother crying in the temple to the head- scratching episode of Endor, his story has been an absorbing page turner that never gets old to me. His steadfastness and devotion to God when those around him lose their way resonates deeply with me. (As an…
By: Scott Dickie on January 17, 2023
Tom Camacho is clearly passionate about developing leaders—you can ‘feel’ his passion for the topic throughout the pages of his book, Mining For Gold. Here are some of my thoughts about a few of his points: Points I Appreciate (Or a few specific ones among many): • I appreciate his vision to develop people—whether ‘lay…
By: Esther Edwards on January 17, 2023
Comacho has taken a brilliant approach in weaving the analogy of gold refinement and applying it to the realm of coaching for Kingdom leadership development. The idea of refining, becoming, and empowering drew me as a teenager to Job 23:10. I memorized it and often quoted it to myself through the years. Though I was…
By: Kim Sanford on January 17, 2023
“I have found that almost every leader asks these two questions of God: Who have you created me to be? What have you created me to do to serve you and your kingdom?” [1] Aren’t those the very questions that most Christians ask themselves sooner or later? I would even venture to say that non-Christians…
By: Cathy Glei on January 16, 2023
“We are called as leaders to mine for the gold in others, cooperate with God as he refines that gold and then help them invest that gold in the kingdom.” (Camacho 2019, 4) God has prepared a gold mine, the treasure of His image in every human being. It is incredibly humbling to consider that…
By: Dinka Utomo on January 13, 2023
A survey in 2018 showed that Indonesian reading interest was ranked 62nd in the world. [1] Somehow, I was not too surprised by that survey. Honestly, I seem to be one of the people mentioned in that survey. I do not hate books, but hard for me to put reading books as my top priority,…
By: Jana Dluehosh on January 13, 2023
“When the going gets rough, turn to inquiry and wonder”, is a guideline taught by Parker Palmer as one of many guidelines that promote a “circle of trust.”[1]. Trust is an important word for most of us. As I reflect on myself and this journey into the Doctorate world, I recognize the layers of trust…
By: Noel Liemam on January 13, 2023
To start, I would say that these readings help me to gather my thoughts and to point me in the direction that I needed to go. In gathering myself to start this blogging is like trying to start a car with dead battery, but anyway I guess if I just start writing something I might…
By: Todd E Henley on January 13, 2023
Without critical thinking, how can we really live a meaningful life? We need this skill to self-reflect and justify our ways of life and opinions. Critical thinking provides us with the tools to evaluate ourselves in the way that we need to. Over the years I have done well at taking apart my life to…
By: Jonita Fair-Payton on January 13, 2023
I made a declaration on Tuesday morning, during incredible physical pain from new formed gallstones, that I’m DONE with hard things. I am not doing anything else that is hard for at least 6 months. I am only doing things, experiencing people, feeling emotions, sharing words, and listening in ways that are easy for me…
