Description: Our Vision for a new kind of service ministry has developed continuously for well over a one-half of a century. While the vision itself has remained in focus continually, its definition has been greatly enhanced over the years. It was informed, in no small measure, by a box of letters my sister sent me when
Our Focus Our Team Bob Kalk The Value of Experience Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Bob Kalk Our Vision for a new kind of service ministry has developed continuously for well over a one-half of a century. While the vision itself has remained in focus continually, its definition has been greatly enhanced over the years. It was informed, in no small measure, by a box of letters my sister sent me when she was preparing my now deceased parent’s home for sale. My mother had kept all of the letters from my teachers, th
Every teacher wrote the same thing: “I just can’t motivate him!” Ten years after receiving that box of letters, I was speaking with my son’s history teacher at a parent / teacher conference. I was stunned when I heard these words:”I just can’t motivate him!”
At first I was more than a little ticked off. I thought: “You educators haven’t learned much about what motivates people have you?” Then, I considered the context. Thirty kids in a class. How can any teacher fine tune the curriculum for each kid? I then made a suggestion. “You know my son lives and breaths music right?” The teacher nodded. I continued: “If, in the context of the civil rights movement, Justin was asked to reflect on the influence Elvis had, or the effect of the Beatle’s refusal to play for a