tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post1958182398603712331..comments2023-10-11T10:21:44.707-05:00Comments on "Why Wear The Cross?": Who are you in relation to your gifts?Bobby Ozunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06054557500399102688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post-29406696374745323542009-06-17T16:14:26.449-05:002009-06-17T16:14:26.449-05:00I have long believed my ministry gift is ENCOURAGE...I have long believed my ministry gift is ENCOURAGEMENT. I had thought about being a counselor, but I didn't want to go back to school at this point in my life, and had some other reasons why it wouldn't work out.<br /><br />So instead, I write.<br /><br />I believe very strongly in the Jewish ideal of <i>Tikkun Olam</i>: repair the world. Everything I write is an attempt to make the world a little better.<br /><br />I write young adult novels. Right now I am especially concerned with the LGBT teen community. 1 out of 3 teen/young adult suicides is LGBT-related (either the young person was non-heterosexual or was picked on for being perceived to be so). I want to change that, and am using the novels I write to, as Harvey Milk asked the LGBT community to do, "give them hope". <br /><br />My work so far has also touched on childhood trauma and disability, especially autism. I hope to write more on these important topics as my career progresses.Shades of Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544110924762194856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post-9955397157500715572009-06-15T19:51:17.471-05:002009-06-15T19:51:17.471-05:00Bobby, I once attended a leadership seminar sponso...Bobby, I once attended a leadership seminar sponsored by a large corporation (then my employer). Topics ranged from situational leadership, managing tough situations and management styles. Through a progression of exercises, the instructors distilled a profile of each our tendencies. While most of my peers were dictatorial, democratic, or consensus seekers, the instructors called me a Tribal Chief. Instead of ordering people as to what and how to perform, I was more likely to craft a story with a moral that employees could comprehend, prodding them to make the decision that aligned with the story. Looking back, I have used this style to raise my kids, to support my marriage and to “manage” my client base. Based on the reviews of my novel, my strength as a writer is not the prose, vocabulary or the rhythm – I simply told a great story. So, I believe that my gift is one practiced by many cultures – I am a storyteller.<br /><br />Yale R Jaffe<br />Advantage DisadvantageYalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997341970900875137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post-20356459332015986042009-06-15T19:04:56.886-05:002009-06-15T19:04:56.886-05:00The gift of the arts is etched in your soul and wh...The gift of the arts is etched in your soul and when you see/feel kindred spirits, you do all in your power to let their Light shine as brightly as yours.<br />We are united together through the gifts of the arts.<br />ellen georgeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247238404003465718noreply@blogger.com