Mining for Gold Podcast

In this MFG podcast episode, I have the privilege of interviewing my good friend, John Wright, who is the pastor of the Trent Vineyard in Nottingham UK, and the National Director of the Vineyard Churches of UK and Ireland.  In 2016-17, I coached John on his transition to the National Director role, and how to thrive by spending most of his time in his sweet spot as a leader. I hope you enjoy this podcast. We enjoyed recording it!

In this wonderful episode, I have the privilege of interviewing Japie and Frances Lubbe, from George, South Africa, and how the teaching on the Redemptive Gifts (from Romans 12:4-8) personally blessed them with greater freedom, fulfillment and fruit (impact). Frances and Japie founded the Family Transformation Center (FTC), a healing center in the southern Cape of SA. The mission of the FTC is to see people set free to flourish in their relationships with God and others.

In this fun podcast, I share the key reasons why all of creation, and everyone around you needs you to be who God created you to be. You are God's workmanship, His masterpiece, (Eph. 2:10) that He created and fashioned to be a blessing to those around you and to the world. It is a critically important thing for you to be you. Let's explore that exciting thought together.

In this episode, Tom brings his perspective on the tragic events that took place this week at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, when certain rioters broke into the hallowed governmental building. The violence that followed took place resulted in chaos, several deaths and a threat to the peaceful transition of power to a new president. Tom shares 5 Lessons we can learn about operating in our Redemptive Gifts from the story that unfolded at the Capitol. 

In this episode, I share more about my journey to fulfillment in my design and offer you 5 Keys to Facing the Future with Boldness and Freedom.  God created you to thrive and flourish in His courts (Ps 92:12-15; John 10:10) Don't settle for survival or just existing. Let's move forward with boldness! We are facing continued uncertain times. As we head into the new year 2021, I pray this podcast encourages you in your journey to thriving in your walk with Jesus. Blessings. 

In this podcast I share seven of the top reasons why I love studying the redemptive gifts found in Romans 12:4-8. The Redemptive gifts help us learn about God, about ourselves and about how we can best share His love with others.

Mining for Gold is about helping leaders thrive and multiply their influence. How do you know if you're thriving? How could you tell if another leader is thriving? What does thriving look like? In this podcast we turn to the scriptures and Ps 92:12-15 for a biblical blueprint for thriving. In this podcast I'll break down five principles of thriving from these verses that will help us move toward thriving and help others do the same.

When you begin to align your time and effort with how God designed you, you begin to experience a flow and momentum that is remarkable. God created uniquely created you to have certain gifts and strengths. Your role is to submit those gifts to Him so He can accomplish His work through you. In this podcast, I will share some key principles of how we can live from our God-given design. Hope it is helpful.

Whether you are in your first leadership position or you’ve been leading for 40 years, leadership is stills challenging role. One if the gifts we can give to the leaders around us, below us and above us is to mine fir the gold in them. In this podcast we will cover some practical  ways you can help other leaders navigate the tough challenges they are facing in their leadership roles.

Every leader experiences pain at different levels. In this podcast, I want to help you know how to lovingly and sensitively walk with leaders as they are processing and growing through pain. There are helpful ways to mine for the gold of what God is doing when we are experiencing pain. Thanks for listening!

Gold is rarely found lying on the ground. It is most often found deep in the ground where it takes great skill to retrieve it. The same is true for the people around us. The gold that God has placed inside of them can sometimes be hidden deep inside their heart. This week Tom teaches us how to train our spiritual eyes to see the gold that God has placed in the people around us! 

Our lives are constantly in motion, moving from one place to another and one task to the next. With all those moving parts, we can lose sight of where we are and how we are doing along the way. In this edition of the Mining for Gold Podcast, we will take a long look at some areas of concern, I call them "warning lights," we need to pay attention to so we get where we are going safely and we don't hurt ourselves or others along the way. You were created to thrive not crash. Let's learn how to navigate personal and relational challenges with love and wisdom.

No resource is more critical to thriving than our time. Why does it seem that time gets away from us so quickly? How do you know you are investing time in the right places for your calling and sweet spot? In this edition of the Mining for Gold Podcast, we will explore how time is our friend and we need to give it the highest priority, even more than money. You can't buy back time. When our time is aligned with our design and our sweet spot, something beautiful and powerful unfolds: we feel God's favor and momentum. His wind blows us forward in our calling. Let's dig in!

Healthy boundaries are a core component of thriving in our relationships and work. When we learn to form, communicate and honor good boundaries, we are taking ownership of our lives. Good boundaries set us free to be ourselves, and they help us say yes and no to the right things. Then we can live the lives God created us to live. 

There is GOLD all around us! Do you know how to look for it? In this episode Tom breaks down the process of discovering gold in others and ourselves. 

In this week's podcast, Tom shares about his journey to discovering the value of coaching and the power of finding the Gold that God has placed inside of you.