{"id":30254,"date":"2023-01-18T22:13:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=30254"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T23:32:01","slug":"the-whole-body-fully-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/the-whole-body-fully-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whole Body Fully Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Understanding Coaching Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Camacho, in his book Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching, <\/em>presents an exciting approach to developing leaders in the local church, in the business community, in government, in the family setting, and in the broader world context. The purpose of his writing is to help identify, shape, and accompany leaders as they seek to live out their God-given calling throughout their lives in their unique environment.[1]<\/a> The book is based on a coaching style of leadership and, in Camacho\u2019s own words, offers a \u201cpresentation of a leadership paradigm that incorporates the best principles of Christ-centred coaching into our everyday practice of developing others.”[2]<\/a> Through this Spirit-led approach, Camacho merges coaching with leadership to create an energizing approach to leadership development in which leaders seek to help others discover and develop their skills and talents in ways that empower them to live fully into the potential God has set within and before them. The process of coaching other people through everyday leadership is hard work, other-centered, guided by God, and an incredible privilege. \u201cCoaching Leadership,\u201d adds Tom Camacho, \u201cfeels more like a shepherd leading sheep than a CEO building a corporation. It is much more relational, intimate, and patient. The pace is slower and more relaxed. To become a coaching leader requires us to rest more in God\u2019s ability and cooperate more with his Spirit\u2019s work in people. I am convinced this is the way Jesus led his disciples and can be a fruitful way to practice leadership in any context and culture.\u201d[3]<\/a><\/p>\n

Camacho offers practical principles, concepts, and steps important to learning and living out a Coaching Leadership or \u201cMining for Gold\u201d perspective through which leaders can develop other leaders. His focus is on helping people to become all that God has created them to be. There are many gems to be found throughout the pages of this book that inspire daily living, equip us to mature as leaders, and empower us to join others in creating communities that are wildly alive and providing opportunities for all people to experience abundant health, environments in which to thrive, and meaningful relationships grounded in Christ.<\/p>\n

Finding a Gem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of all the gems mentioned in his book, what caught my attention was the material in Chapter five, entitled, \u201cThe Whole Body Fully Alive.\u201d[4]<\/a> The whole body fully alive? Not only does that sounds intriguing, but it\u2019s motivating, action-packed, and a goal for which I\u2019d like to strive! The chapter starts with the story of Gideon, highlighting the fact that God uses ordinary people to accomplish great feats. Camacho says, \u201cIt is this dynamic of God using ordinary, anxious, and unskilled people to do amazing things that makes Coaching Leadership such an exciting process.\u201d[5]<\/a> In each person, confident or unconfident, seemingly talented or not, God has placed the potential to accomplish valuable and needed tasks in society and in the Kingdom of God. As leaders, what a privilege to be part of accompanying our sisters and brothers on their journey of self-discovery as they emerge with clarity around their place and role in their congregation, family, neighborhood, world.<\/p>\n

Camacho goes on to build his image of the \u201cwhole body fully alive\u201d saying, \u201cCoaching Leadership principles do more that mine the gold in individuals; they work to equip and release whole communities of people to represent Christ.\u201d[6]<\/a> This is an incredible image. I wonder what whole communities, fully alive would look like?<\/p>\n

Flooded with Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am inspired to continue thinking about what it would look like for me to live fully alive as an individual, as well as to be part of creating communities that are fully alive. In some ways, this seems like a goal that is unobtainable, too perfect. In other ways, this seems doable. Did God intend that we would be anything but fully alive and living up to the potential given us on earth? I think of Jesus stating that he came so that people could have life to the full, now and into the future.[7]<\/a> Could \u201cfully aliveness\u201d lie in settling into the here and now with a rich awareness of our own complex reality and clarity of vision regarding the value we have to offer the world?[8]<\/a><\/p>\n

Could the body fully alive be achieved as numerous people discover this truth in their life and courageously share their presence and gifts for the betterment of their community? What could we accomplish together with hearts set on loving God and each other with our entire being?[9]<\/a> Maybe therein lies the key. Does a body come fully alive, individually and corporately, as we engage our whole being in loving God with all of our heart, soul, strength, and mind and as we love others as ourselves through the unique compilations of personality and strengths that God has given and which we have developed?<\/p>\n

In Conclusion and Pondering Further<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am flooded with questions that I am excited to pursue further. I am thankful for Camacho\u2019s challenge to consider a Coaching Leadership approach in my current role at the nonprofit where I work and in my broader life. I am especially inspired and interested to continue thinking on \u201cthe whole body fully alive\u201d and practical steps we can take to realize this transformational goal for living in relationship to God and each other.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Tom Camacho, Mining For Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching <\/em>(London, England: Inter-Varisty Press, 2019), 11.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Camacho, 11.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Camacho, 25.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Camacho, 49.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Camacho, 50.<\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> Camacho, 52.<\/p>\n

[7]<\/a> John 10:10.<\/p>\n

[8]<\/a> Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long, The Molecule of More, How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity \u2013 And Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race <\/em>(Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, Inc, 2018), 208; and Steinbrenner Hale, \u201cThe Complexities of Reality: A Practical Exploration from Where I Sit,<\/em>\u201d DLGP: Crafting Ministry in an Interconnected World, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/author\/jenny-steinbrenner-hale\/, January 12, 2023.<\/p>\n

[9]<\/a> Mark 12:30-31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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