By: gfesadmin on May 17, 2013
My Standout Assessment Report based on the book by Marcus Buckingham revealed that my first strength is as a “Stimulator” and my second is as a “Provider.” The greatest value I bring to the team is: “You make the exciting safe.” As I read through the results of the assessment I couldn’t stop from laughing…
By: gfesadmin on May 16, 2013
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By: gfesadmin on May 16, 2013
As a leader it is important to know your strengths and weaknesses. This allows you to develop your strengths and also seek jobs and tasks that play to what you are good at and are naturally inclined to enjoy. This week I worked through Marcus Buckingham’s Standout: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment, and took…
By: gfesadmin on May 16, 2013
My strengths finder test indicated that I am a creator/pioneer. That was my guess even as I was reading the book Stand Out by Marcus Buckingham. The results show that I am constantly inventing and initiating. I thrive on challenges that break the confines of how most people generally think and enjoy looking beyond normal…
By: gfesadmin on May 16, 2013
I recently took the “Standout” strengths assessment test. My strongest strength is that of a “connector.” I love people and I think that we’re capable of much more together than when we act alone. This strength can be particularly important in a globalized world. As our world has become smaller we can purchase products…
By: gfesadmin on May 16, 2013
While sitting in my office yesterday, preparing for a meeting in which I will be running on Thursday, two key concepts came to mind. One, how can I be a catalyst for positive well organized change. And two, how can I connect others in a significant way that will further growth in leaders inside as…
By: gfesadmin on May 15, 2013
The StandOut strengths assessment is one among many ways to assess one’s strengths. This one specifically focuses on leadership. These kinds of assessments have always been a struggle for me. One on my strengths is not quick decision making. However it was insightful. The results for me is that out of the 9 roles ,…
By: gfesadmin on May 15, 2013
The StandOut assessment returned the following results for David A Toth: Equalizer / Connector. I agree with the assessment, it does seem like me; both functions reflect my lifestyle modus operandi. I appreciated the assessment process. It was clear and easy to accomplish. I particularly liked the 35 second response time which causes one to…
By: gfesadmin on May 3, 2013
Look at where you live. What do you imagine that could change within your city and state? What could be made better? When Jesus came on the scene in human form, he had different ideas on what it meant to love God and to love his neighbor. His techniques were revolutionary at the time and…
By: gfesadmin on May 3, 2013
Untitled: Hope, Needs, and Deeds cedrickvalrie: During the spring of 1989 two missionaries came to my neighborhood with primarily one mission in mind – to extend a lifeline of hope to the children through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Each week they would reach out to thousands of children living in the poverty sector of…
By: Joy Mindo on April 26, 2013
The history of the rise of evangelical belief in Britain helps me understand the foundations of the church in Kenya. The largest protestant denomination is the Anglican church of Kenya. It is entrenched in all the facets of the country; the opening prayer in parliament, at national holidays, at the opening of city and…
By: Joy Mindo on April 26, 2013
This is a fantastic book for me for it helped me understand the fate of religion in a consumer culture. The church in Africa is still unaffected by the consumer culture but this will not be the case for long. The consumer culture in the west is spreading in Africa. With half of the…
By: Joy Mindo on April 22, 2013
The Boston Marathon was an event that was of great importance to Kenyans as it was to Americans. Kenyan runners have gained prominence through their participation in the marathon. When the bombing happened at the event on Monday, it drew interest in the Kenyan media especially the social media. The world watched as the…
By: Joy Mindo on April 22, 2013
The advance of modern technology is certainly ambiguous. It has promised less work and more leisure, but we actually work longer hours than premodern peasants and villagers. Present-day Western societies are facing a moral crisis, argues Murray Jardine, and our inability to make ethical sense of technology is at the root of this crisis. Jardine…
By: gfesadmin on April 21, 2013
Murray Jardine’s Making and Unmaking of Technological Society: How Christianity Can Save Modernity from Itself, is an exhaustive narrative that traces the history from early pagan culture through the various stages to contemporary Western culture with its problems and issues. He affirms human creativity and outlines how technological advances led to modern life styles and…
By: gfesadmin on April 21, 2013
Christianity as it is in the present time cannot save modernity from itself. Does that leave the Church without hope? No. Biblical Christian Faith can. There is certainly a difference between Christianity that has been shaped, projected and promoted by the West, aped by the rest of the world and the Biblical Christian Faith. I am…
By: gfesadmin on April 20, 2013
Managing priorities wisely and weighing costs and benefits – these necessary actions take time and effort but help keep us on track and gain the most from life. I’d like to consider these concepts in light of our investments in human relationships and our embrace of technology in today’s world. Both of these offer ways…
By: gfesadmin on April 20, 2013
My dad was 75 years old and was dying. Dad was living in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) at the time. He had been a successful Presbyterian Minister his entire career. He was a believer in the CCRC concept where individuals can age in place but would have different levels of health care available…
By: gfesadmin on April 20, 2013
Our plane had just begun to approach the Island known as Hispaniola. This large island located in the Caribbean is home to two very unique and distinct nations. On the eastern side of the island is the nation of the Dominican Republic. On the the western side is the country of Haiti. On this particular…
By: gfesadmin on April 18, 2013
The church can do meaningful ministries in and for the world and it can do them well! My first pastorate took place in a rural Iowa town. The population was about 26,000 and there were over 70 churches within 5 miles of the center of the town. The largest church was about 700 in attendance and the smaller ones…
