What I Love To Do* Catalyzing understanding and/or fresh perspective.* Helping people recognize and take the next step in personal, relational, or professional development.* Serving with/among/for "marginalized" or under-served people/communities.* Innovating/Creating new resources, fitting the context or situation (relational, mechanical, spatial).* Cultivating space - an atmosphere - where "polarities" and differences can be recognized and handled for mutual benefit. * Including people and ideas, because people are valuable, and we all have a lot to contribute.* Learning -- by observing, listening, reading. How I Do What I Do: • Teaching – preferring discussion and experiential modes • Listening – creating space for people to discover/express significant things• Debriefing experiences – learning from the past, carrying lessons into the future• Making connections – to people, media, ideas, services, education, etc. • Communication – face-to-face, written, and group discussions• “Opening Doors” – to understanding, resources, paradigms … Contexts I Love:* Where ethnic and cultural diversity is present and valued.* Where ideas can be freely shared and listened to.* Where mutual respect is shown.* The company of friends.
Listed skills include Teaching, Theology, Training, Leadership, and 17 others.