“Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years . . . (Deut. 8:2)
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses to the life of faith . . . (Heb. 12:1)
Whether writing for business or for ministry, I aspire to be a reflective writer for the heart. My goal is to reflect on my wilderness experiences for fellow pilgrim readers, through the lens of biblical and theological reflection, that helps us connect more deeply with God, with each other and with the great cloud of witnesses who have gone before us.
I write to transform the experience into genuine learning, to remember the feelings and emotions, and to capture the insights into more self-awareness.
I incorporate personal story that often reveals a candor and vulnerability not normally shared in a group or community’s context.
Luke-Acts Improv
In 2010, I created a biblical teaching resource for experiential learning that employs the incredible shaping power of Gospel narrative to form disciples of Jesus. It is entitled “Luke-Acts Improv: Biblical Narratives That Get You into The Act.” “Luke-Acts Improv” is a metaphor I coined for reframing life experience in the drama of the biblical story. In this book, I introduce others to the time-honored spiritual disciplines of our ancestors to offer a fresh way of participating in the story of God.
In a twenty-first century world that is defined by what goes on in cities, Jamie Greene understands that we Christians can win a hearing in the noisy cauldron of today’s urban, postmodern culture. But we must think of our mission in a new way. We who would follow Jesus, he points out, are invited to step into a grand drama. To join with the apostles, who were taught by Jesus and then unleashed at Pentecost in this play-of-the-ages. As it continues its run, the performances – our performances, suggests Jamie – are more improvised than scripted. A Luke-Acts improv, in other words! This is a gripping and galvanizing insight. The God of grace is the director, and our improv builds towards God’s grand climax and recruits more into the company on stage? Wow!
– From the Foreword by Dr. Bill Woodward, Professor of History, Seattle Pacific University
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Hard Lessons On Soft Skills
There I was, standing in front of my peers, managers, and owners of the company, wondering if my coworkers perceived me as an aging traveling salesman like Willy Loman, on an unrecoverable downward spiral, soon to be shown the exit door.
From an unsettling yet ultimately resilient chapter of his sales career, author Jamie Greene chronicles a journey of hope, courage, and transformation. He introduces the reader to three travel companions he unexpectedly encountered along the way: a Benedictine monk, a bamboo farmer, and an improv comedian. Each chapter resonates with surprising and inspiring insights from the hard lessons learned about the power of soft skills, helpful to anyone who desires to rekindle hope of new beginnings.
“A fabulous resource for anyone in a sales and marketing environment,” said one reviewer. “Truly insightful with obvious applicability to many, many fields, not just sales,” a former business owner remarked.
Each chapter ends with a summary of key takeaways and a set of reflection questions—offered as a resource to help readers pause to consider their own life journeys as they navigate unchartered terrain in turbulent and rocky times.
Hard Lessons on Soft Skills is a small, practical book with the power to transform lives. One early reader commented, “Reading this book gave me another lens through which to see life journeys, including my own. Thank you, Jamie!”
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