Amen. This is the heart of reaching boys. Reach w/ the mind, reach w/ the
heart, reach w/ the spirit.
--Allen
Duane Wheeler wrote:
> I recently have been reading about teachers and what they do to maintain
> their "stoke factor" and wanted to share several points from a paper
> called: "identify and integrity in teaching"
>
> One challenge I face weekly is the wilderness experience of getting in
> touch with the many boys who come to my outpost.. because of the
> turn-over, and the nature of their reserve.. I find that I desire to
> draw out something in them that I found in my heart for the Royal Ranger
> ministry..
>
> There's a danger in involving your heart in Royal Rangers...if you
> stand before the boys for very long you will come to know what I mean.
>
> (If you don't think they got yah..try walking away)
>
> *...good teaching cannot be reduced to technique. Good teaching comes
> from the identity and integrity of the teacher."
>
> (From paper)
>
> "...the premise is simple but the implications are not. It will take
> time to unfold what I do and don't mean by those words. But here is one
> way I put it: in every class I teach, my ability to connect with the
> students, and to connect them with the subject, depends less on the
> methods I use than on the degree to which I know and trust myself,
> and happen to be willing to become vulnerable in the service of
> learning.."
>
> ....*Good Commanders join self and subject and the students in the
> fabric of life...
>
> Be careful not to put YOUR LIFE as the mark but rather *Christ!
> ...however, Life has many chances and choices and understanding comes
> at a dear price, one thing we can do is share our lives and the choices
> we made.. Our testimony.. and reveal in hand of God upon us as well as
> the boys..
>
> ....as we weave the fabric that joins the boys to the subjects, the
> heart is the loom on which the threads are tied.....
>
> The courage required of a Commander is more the "courage to keep the
> heart open" ...in those moments when the heart is asked to hold more
> than is able...
>
> We teach the WHOLE BOY- Body,mind, and *spirit..
>
> --------------------
> *I know this has been brief, but it provoked my thoughts..
> and encouraged me to open my heart before the boys..
>
> -=A=-
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