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Ride train to our station
25/09/10 08:22
Ride the train from Hibarigaoka to Higashi
Kurume (where we live).
Measure mission achievement
04/08/10 22:06
Use examples, surveys, and indicators to
measure mission achievement.
Good meetings are on TARGET
04/08/10 00:12
Good meetings are on TARGET in terms of team
purpose, assessment, results, guidelines, effective
facilitation, and types of meetings.
Meet student needs
29/07/10 23:54
If you want to help your students to better
connect God's world and Word, meet these 5 needs.
Use questions
29/07/10 23:53
Here are 5 things you can do to move forward
on using questions to help your students connect
God's world and Word.
Use assessment
29/07/10 23:52
Here are 5 things you can do to move forward
on using assessment to help your students connect
God's world and Word.
Help students connect
29/07/10 23:47
Here are 5 things you can do to move forward
on helping your students connect God's world and
Word.
Facilitators use skills
29/07/10 23:46
When you facilitate, make sure your listen,
inquire, focus, and encourage.
Facilitate from your heart
29/07/10 09:24
Facilitate from your heart,
from beliefs you have about personal growth.
Meet the needs of workshop participants
29/07/10 09:24
To help workshop participants learn and apply
their learning, meet their needs. Give them support,
concrete examples, opportunities to apply their
learning, reflection time, and engaging
instruction.
Want to try this?
03/07/10 09:18
Check out our 4-minute video
28/05/10 20:14
Thanks for praying:
- Praise God that we've finished a draft of training materials designed to help teachers use assessment to help students connect God's world and Word.
- Ask God to help CAJ staff and students to finish the school year well. Classes end on June 8, and staff meetings end on June 11.
P.S. Don't forget to watch our 4-minute video.
What's the framework?
02/04/10 23:30
Here's a framework you can you to help your
students connect what they study and what the Bible
teaches.
Ask your students questions about creation-fall-redemption-restoration
01/04/10 03:37
Help you students develop a Christ-centered
worldview. Ask them questions about
creation-fall-redemption-restoration.
Use the GROW proces
01/04/10 01:32
The GROW process is a user-friendly process
you can use to coach others (Goal • Reality •
Options • Will do).
The coach's heart
01/04/10 01:31
Christian coaching flows from the heart,
from beliefs about empowering others.
Use coaching to empower others
01/04/10 01:31
If you want to empower others, use a
coaching approach.
Impact Japan for Jesus
12/03/10 01:21
Want to learn more about God’s work in
Japan? If so, then check out our 4-minute video!
Proclaiming Jesus in Japan
09/01/10 21:41
George Young is a fellow missionary who has
served on the board of Christian Academy in Japan.
In this video, he shares his ministry.
What's the state of Christianity?
05/01/10 06:46
Reduce your frustrations
28/12/09 09:47
Do you want to reduce your frustrations so
you can get on with what God's calling you to do?
If so, reflecting on these 5 questions can
help.
Ask questions to DRAW others out
28/12/09 09:46
Your fellow teachers want to help their
students better connect what they study and what
the Bible teaches. You can help your fellow
teachers by asking questions to DRAW them
out.
We're praising God!
24/12/09 13:24
We're praising God for the good turnout at the Wednesday night Christmas candlelight service of a church that meets at CAJ. Quite a few newcomers attended and heard the good news of Jesus Christ. Thanks for praying!
Japanese need the good new of Jesus at Christmas. They don't understand the real celebration. They focus on New Year's, when millions and millions of Japanese go to the temple.
Thanks for praying:
- Ask God to draw Japanese non-Christians to Himself through the special events CAJ parents are doing.
- Praise God that Caitlin arrived safely and that we're having good family time.
- Ask God to provide staff for next year. CAJ needs teachers (band, home ec, and elementary) and a technology coordinator.
Move organizational improvement forward
23/12/09 11:59
Organizational improvement can help you, those you
work with, and your organization. Take steps to
move organizational improvement
forward.
How can you improve your coaching?
22/12/09 07:28
When I think of improving my coaching, 3
areas come to mind. Those 3 areas are beliefs,
skills, and process.
How can you manage yourself more effectivey at work?
21/12/09 08:42
If you want to get more done in less time
at work, think about how you can manage yourself
more effectively at work.
Get organized
18/12/09 15:06
Before getting organized, make sure you're
clear on what being organized means and how being
organized can help you more effectively carry out
your mission.
Start small and get started
17/12/09 13:57
Take steps to help your students connect
what they study and what the Bible teaches. Get
started today.
Asking open-ended questions works
15/12/09 13:44
Help your students connect what they study
and what the Bible teaches. Ask open-ended
questions.
Use the strengths God has given you
26/10/09 10:40
How faithfully and effectively do you use
your God-given strengths?
How focused are you on your mission?
07/10/09 10:56
Leaders who are focused on their mission do
5 things. To what extent do you do these 5 things?
Kids perform "Jesus Loves Me"
22/08/09 05:47
Watch kids perform "Jesus Loves Me" on
Pentecost Sunday at a church in Tokyo,
Japan. Our mission started this church.
Connect God's world, God's Word, and life
21/07/09 15:56
Help your students connect God's world,
God's Word, and their lives.
Change is uncomfortable and doable
20/07/09 16:45
Keep in mind that organizational change is
both uncomfortable and doable.
Lead with questions
20/07/09 16:44
Leaders empower others. A key way leaders
empower others is by asking
questions.
Biblical perspective assessment helps
08/07/09 07:24
Do you want to help your students connect
what they study and what the Bible
teaches? To value those connections? And
to get feedback you can use to modify instruction?
If so, give your students a Biblical perspective
assessment.
How much time should you invest?
07/07/09 08:14
Reflecting on 4 questions can help you
figure out how much time you should invest in each
of your goals.
To close the gap, do 4 things
24/06/09 08:11
To close the gap between the words of your
mission statement and the reality of your current
situation, do 4 things: focus on your
mission, empower others, work smart, and pursue
excellence.
Assessment helps student value and get proficient at Biblical perspective
17/06/09 18:49
Use assessment to help your students value
and get proficient at connecting what they study
and what the Bible teaches.
Increase your investment in your staff
26/05/09 11:51
If you want your organization to more
effectively carry out its God-given mission,
increase your investment in your staff.
Schedule your key priorities first
13/05/09 08:06
Make sure you schedule time for your key
priorities before you schedule time for other
things.
Reflection can help you pursue your God-given calling
08/04/09 14:28
It's important to pursue your God-given
calling. Reflecting can help. Here are 7
questions you can reflect on.
To achieve your God-given mission, make sure of 4 things
02/04/09 08:37
Make sure you ask God for help, define mission
achievement, measure mission achievement, and take
action.
Use the 1-2-3-2-1 lesson model
05/03/09 12:15
Here's lesson model that uses best practice
to point students to God.
Do right things
11/02/09 15:41
Want to increase your
effectiveness? Do right things, then do
things right.
DEAL with student learning needs
08/01/09 17:12
To help your students better connect what
they study and what the Bible teaches, DEAL with
student learning needs:
- Define the student learning needs.
- Explore the how you can respond to the student learning needs.
- Act.
- Look at the results.
Biblical perspective assessment helps
13/12/08 08:30
Do you want to help your students connect
what they study and what the Bible
teaches? To value those connections? And
to get feedback you can use to modify instruction?
If so, give your students a Biblical perspective
assessment.
Coach from your heart
07/11/08 10:51
Through coaching, you can empower others to
grow. While effective coaching does
involve technique, at a deeper level effective
coaching is about your heart, about your beliefs,
about who you are. Coach from your heart.
What does our neighborhood "sound" like?
30/10/08 11:47
When I think of our neighborhood, I think
of certain sounds: the cooing of pigeons,
the clanking of bike stands, the clickety-clack of
trains.
Here's what a garbage truck sounds like (15 seconds):
And here's what an election ad sounds like at 7:00 a.m. It's not a TV ad—because there are no election ads on TV in Japan. Instead, vans with loudspeakers go around broadcasting ads (26 seconds):
Here's what a garbage truck sounds like (15 seconds):
And here's what an election ad sounds like at 7:00 a.m. It's not a TV ad—because there are no election ads on TV in Japan. Instead, vans with loudspeakers go around broadcasting ads (26 seconds):
Want to achieve your goals?
29/09/08 13:58
The point is not to have goals. The point
is to achieve goals. To achieve your goals, take 4
steps: pray, put, take, and
reflect.
To empower others, provoke reflection
27/09/08 15:02
Want to empower others? Provoke them to
reflect. How? By asking open-ended questions.
Golf in Japan—same game, different perspective
25/09/08 20:17
What happens when you get a hole-in-one in Japan?
How crowded is Japan?
29/08/08 15:35
Japan has a population of over 125 million
in the land space of California. How crowded is
Japan?
Visit a 7-11 to get the feel of what it's like go shopping in a crowded store (16 seconds).
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Visit a 7-11 to get the feel of what it's like go shopping in a crowded store (16 seconds).
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Japanese need Jesus
11/08/08 08:10
Japanese like summer. Like North Americans, Japanese eat watermelon. But the watermelons are smaller and round (like the watermelon beach ball I'm holding). And Japanese watermelons are sometimes square—that's right, Japanese watermelons are sometimes square.
To see a square watermelon, watch this 27-second video:
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Teach and assess Biblical perspective
10/06/08 11:48
Help your students develop a
Christ-centered worldview during class by
teaching Biblical perspective lessons and giving
Biblical perspective assessments.
Asking questions doesn't always work...
30/04/08 08:13
As teachers, we
ask questions. This strategy doesn't always work,
as this video shows.
Spring has arrived!
28/03/08 15:22
Spring has
arrived in Japan—cherry blossoms, good weather, and
6 baptisms on Easter Sunday!
Why ask students questions?
05/02/08 11:49
Want
to help your students better understand and apply a
Biblical perspective? Ask
questions!
It's self-management, not time management
05/02/08 11:47
God
calls us to manage ourselves within the time He
gives us, not to manage time.
Target Biblical perspective
05/02/08 08:47
By
targeting Biblical perspective, teachers can help
student apply a Biblical perspective to what they
study.
To achieve your goals, get a coach
05/02/08 08:46
If you want to achieve your goals, get a
coach.
Your coach will listen, ask questions, and provide
the support, encouragement, and accountability you
need to achieve your goals.