{"id":8,"date":"2014-11-18T01:52:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T01:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2021-05-02T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T13:19:58","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=&#8221;Author&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1430495405550{margin-right: 80px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Charge at the Dark&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Introduction to the book Charge at the Dark&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The difference between mediocrity and greatness can be measured by the intensity of a person\u2019s charge. In \u2018Charge at the Dark\u2019,\u2019 David Schaeffer taps into our deep desire to do something special with our life, to go beyond a herd mentality and throw off the shackles that would hold us back. This is not a book for the exceptional or super-gifted. Neither is it a book for the faint-hearted. It is an every-person book that will inspire the reader to \u2018get their charge on.\u2019 As David shares the highs and lows of his charge, you will laugh and cry your way to the place where you will be inspired to make the most of yours.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_button2 title=&#8221;ORDER TODAY&#8221; style=&#8221;outlined&#8221; color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fffvs.increate.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fcharge-at-the-dark%2F|title:Grieve%20Upwards|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1418216283227{margin-right: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Recommended Readings&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Leadership:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Turn the Ship Around by L David Marquet<br \/>\nIt\u2019s Your Ship by D Michael Abrashoff<br \/>\nCourageous Leadership by Bill Hybels<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Personal Life Management:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Getting Things Done by David Allen<br \/>\nIntegrity by Dr Henry Cloud<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.balancedwealthcreation.com\/\">balancedwealthcreation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Safe Church Workshops:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend<br \/>\nBehavioural Styles:<br \/>\nPersonality Plus by Dr Florence Littauer<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Relationships:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman<br \/>\nNatural Church Development:<br \/>\nNatural Church Development by Christian A Schwarz<br \/>\nThe 3 Colours of Leadership by\u00a0Christian A Schwarz<br \/>\nColor Your World with NCD by\u00a0Christian A Schwarz<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Grief:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Experiencing Grief by H Norman Wright<br \/>\nWhy? By Anne Graham Lotz<br \/>\nGriefshare audio (see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.griefshare.org\/\"><span class=\"s2\">griefshare.org<\/span><\/a>)<br \/>\nGrieve Upwards by David Schaeffer<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Workplace Safety:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.workcover.nsw.gov.au\/\">workcover.nsw.gov.au<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au\/\"><span class=\"s2\">safeworkaustralia.gov.au<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1430495405550{margin-right: 80px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Smile at the Future&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Introduction to the book Smile at the Future&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The ticking clock takes us from the past to the future every 3 seconds. In David Schaeffer\u2019s thought provoking book \u2018Smile at the Future\u2019 he examines the future that mankind\u2019s creativity is fashioning for itself, and then reveals the underbelly of the human race; its corrupt nature where we weaponise what could have been used for our collective good. In the midst of a longevity revolution, he goes on to ask \u201chow much time do we have this side of the grave?\u201d And \u201chow much time do we have on the other side of the grave?\u201d Thoughtfully compiled and compellingly written, this book provides a perspective on life and helps us formulate answers to life\u2019s toughest questions.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_button2 title=&#8221;ORDER TODAY&#8221; style=&#8221;outlined&#8221; color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fffvs.increate.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fsmile-at-the-future%2F|title:Grieve%20Upwards|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1430495405550{margin-right: 80px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Stress Less Live More&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Introduction to the book Stress Less Live More&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]Introduction to the book Stress Less Live More<\/p>\n<p>By his own admission, David Schaeffer is now one of the most contented people he knows. So why is he writing books on the very serious topics of grief and stress? A short decade earlier, he was spiraling downwards under a weight of stress that had accumulated over many years.<\/p>\n<p>David writes this book from his discovery and recovery experiences. He uncovers three kinds of stress. The stress we choose, the stress that chooses us and everyday, unnecessary stress. He uses the tragedy of the 1998 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as a backdrop for many important things we all need to learn.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Stress less Live More,<\/em> David summarizes almost 100 years of research into this universal human condition and delivers it in a relaxing, sometimes humorous style.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_button2 title=&#8221;ORDER TODAY&#8221; style=&#8221;outlined&#8221; color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fffvs.increate.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fstress-less-live-more%2F|title:Grieve%20Upwards|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1430495405550{margin-right: 80px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Grieve Upwards&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Introduction to the book Grieve Upwards&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOne day we will understand why this is the best thing that could have happened to us.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Those were the first words that came from my mouth. Where did they come from?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Unscripted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Unexpected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Unrehearsed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I looked into the eyes of my two daughters who, with me, had just helplessly watched on as their mother and my wife, ceased breathing with one laboured, exhaling sigh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In that moment, Marilyn\u2019s body had surrendered to death, and her spirit surrendered to life&#8230;. into the safe arms of Jesus, and away from ours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fast\u2013forward approximately ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Belinda, one of the two daughters who, a decade previously, had stood at her mother\u2019s bedside, now lay in the intensive care section in Sydney\u2019s Royal Prince Alfred hospital. Four years earlier, this had been the very place where she had received the gift of a liver transplant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A grieving family somewhere in Australia had given permission for that organ to be taken from the dying body of their loved one and placed into Belinda\u2019s dying body to give it life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now a rare and aggressive cancer was sweeping through her body like a firestorm. Its rapid advance had been made possible by an immune system, purposefully lowered to prevent her body from rejecting the new liver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rohan had been my son\u2013in\u2013law for an agonisingly brief fifteen months. Together, we watched numbly as the life support machines were turned off one by one. At 32 years of age, Belinda took the same safe passage into eternity her mother had taken ten years earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does one go through experiences like this and rise again to a new normal, richer and stronger for the experience?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Read on&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8216;Grieve Upwards&#8217; deals with questions such as<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>How do males grieve differently to females?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">How do you avoid falling into temptation?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">How can you find love second time around?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">When are you ready for a new relationship?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">How can you trust God again?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">It concludes with the encouragement to begin writing the next chapter of your life<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The best book I have ever read about dealing with grief&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; Mark Ramsey,\u00a0<\/span>Senior Pastor, Citipointe Church, Brisbane, Australia<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Grieve Upwards is one of the most authentic, lucid, relevant and passionate books on responding to death and grief I have ever read&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; The Right Reverend Richard Hurford\u00a0<\/span>OAM, Retired Anglican Bishop, State Chaplain, St John Ambulance, NSW, Australia<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Any man, particularly those who think that they can grieve alone, should read this book&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Mark Kliner Chief Executive Officer, Keller Australia Group of Companies<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;An amazingly brave and transparent look into one of the toughest journeys in someone&#8217;s life in the loss of a loved one&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Andy Gourley, CEO and Founder, Red Frogs Australia<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_button2 title=&#8221;ORDER TODAY&#8221; style=&#8221;outlined&#8221; color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fffvs.increate.com.au%2Fproduct%2Fgrieve-upwards%2F|title:Grieve%20Upwards|target:%20_blank&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;16px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=&#8221;Author&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1430495405550{margin-right: 80px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Charge at the Dark&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Introduction to the book Charge at the Dark&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23333333&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text] The difference between mediocrity and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/homepage.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffvs.increate.com.au\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}