Focus & Equip (2008.09): What do you need to KeepStartStop doing?

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How has God blessed you to pursue His calling?
You’re coaching Bob.
He shares that he’s turning 47, his oldest child is now a freshman in college, his best friend recently moved to the United Kingdom, and he’s thinking about changing careers. As Bob talks about what’s he’s experiencing, it becomes clear that Bob wants to clarify God’s calling in his life. He wants to develop a personal mission statement and to design goals to achieve that mission statement.
 
Question: What can you ask Bob to help him get started? Read more...



What do you need to KeepStartStop doing?
To pursue God’s calling, you want to increasingly focus on your mission. Good.
 
Question: To increasingly focus on your mission, what do you need to keep doing, start doing, and stop doing? Read more...



Secure resources—then start
You have a plan. Before you start working, try to get the resources specified in the plan. Read more...



Use staff meetings to reflect on philosophy
You’re leading a Christian organization, and you want your staff to increasingly implement you organization’s philosophy. Good.
 
Question: How can you do this? Read more...



What 3 Biblical principles will you help your students understand?
You want your students to develop a Christ-centered worldview. So, you want them to connect relevant Biblical principles and what they study.
 
2 questions: What 3 Biblical principles with you help them understand? How will you help them understand these principles? Read more...



Use an essential question to focus instruction
David Marshall, Science 8 teacher at Christian Academy in Japan, reflects on using a key question in a unit in which students use a Biblical perspective to assess the impact of technology on society. Read more...



Ask your students difficult questions
Dan Beerens, vice president of learning services at Christian Schools International, focuses on Christian education in his blog Nurturing Faith. In this blog entry, he writes about asking questions, an instructional strategy you can use to help your students connect what they study and Biblical teaching. Read more...