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Life Objective:
To advance God’s Kingdom
through loving, serving,
teaching, speaking, and
writing.
Education
Master of Business
Administration
Baylor University--1981
B.A. in
Economics
Baylor
University--1979
Honors:
Magna Cum Laude (G.P.A.
in excess of 3.9 on 4
point scale);
The “Outstanding Student
in Economics” Award
Job Experience
Lecturer in economics
and finance, Baylor
University (1981-1988)
Awards:
Baylor's "Outstanding
Faculty Member of the
Year" (1985)
Baylor's "Most Popular
Business Professor"
(1986)
Baylor's "Most Popular
Business Professor"
(1987)
Director of Admissions,
Dallas Baptist
University--1989 -1991
- With the admissions
staff, conceived of and
executed several new
events including "The
Bash" (which drew 2400 in attendance) and the "Battle of the Youth
Groups"--which drew
about forty youth groups onto the DBU campus for competition and
spiritual enrichment
Director of Student
Development / Professor
of Business,
Dallas Baptist
University--1991-Present
Teaches Christian
Leadership
and Time
Management
Award:
DBU's "Honorary Alumnus
of the Year" (2005)
Enhancing Reading Skills
While a high school student,
Jamie Lash took a reading skills course, and his reading speed and comprehension
improved so dramatically that his verbal SAT score shot up by 130 points.
As Director of Student Development at DBU, Jamie Lash invited a company to teach
a similar course on the DBU campus and observed that the students received that
same kind of dramatic benefit. He invited this company to teach the course
again the next semester, and the next, and the next. After sitting through
the course four times, Jamie Lash was eventually trained and licensed to teach
it himself.
He taught this course
almost 100 times during
the last seventeen
years.
In the summer of 2005 Jamie Lash started making the course available to the
public. Since then he has taught it in Arlington, Grapevine, Grand
Prairie, Flower Mound, Richardson, Pantego, San Antonio, and Fresno,
California.
People who take the course often make comments like, "This is amazing. Why
don't they teach this to everybody?"
A couple years ago someone asked
Jamie Lash if this course could be taught on the internet. He said, "No"
and explained several reasons why it wouldn't work. However, after that
conversation, he began to wonder if those obstacles could be overcome.
After consulting with programmers in two countries, all of these obstacles have
been overcome!
Jamie Lash is now designing his
own course. From his progress so far, he is convinced it will be even more
fun and more effective than the course he taught in years past. He will
field test it with several live groups, and then a video producer will create
teaching segments in high definition for use on the internet. The internet
course will be interactive. The computer system will read student scores
and select a video clip based on those scores, so each student will receive the
instruction and encouragement appropriate for their particular situation and
level of progress. Internet students will thus receive instruction that is
even more personalized than they could receive in a live course! The
internet course is a work in progress. It should be ready in about 18
months.
Ministry Involvement
Founded LifeGivingWords
Ministries (1982), a non-profit corporation that exists to encourage spiritual
growth.
Had radio broadcast each weekday in Washington, D.C., Waco, TX and Dallas, TX
for six years.
Has conducted "This Was Your Life!" and "Freedom in Christ" conferences for
churches and organizations such as Campus Crusade for Christ, Young Life, and
the Christian Legal Society. Many of these conferences have been in Texas,
but others have been in California, Oregon, Colorado, Maryland, Idaho,
Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Canada, Singapore, and
the Philippines.
Provides free audio messages and free articles through the ministry of
LifeGivingWords.com
Publications, etc.
"God’s Cure for Stage
Fright: How to Sing, Preach, Teach, or Give a Speech without Nervousness”
Article published in the Discipleship Journal, 1992.
“Searching for Satisfaction?” Evangelical tract published by the American
Tract Society, 1995.
A book co-authored with Rick Howard: This Was Your Life! Preparing to
Meet God Face to Face. This book came out in 1998 and is now in its
tenth printing. It has also been published in Great Britain, Germany and
Korea.
Rick Howard and Jamie Lash also teamed up to produce a video series based on
"This Was Your Life" that has been used by over 1,900 churches, families, and
individuals.
Personal
Jamie and Marcy have been
married twenty-nine years and have three children: twenty-three-year-old
Jenna, twenty-year-old Jessica, and seventeen-year-old Timothy. The Lashes
live near Dallas, Texas and attend church in Arlington. (Family photos
here.)
Jamie enjoys racquetball and plays about three times a week. He also has a
soccer background and coached his son’s team for thirteen seasons.
Credit
Quote from Jamie Lash:
“I grew up as an atheist and had no clue why I was alive. Entering into a
personal relationship with God is the one thing that has made my life worth
living. God has set me free from numerous forms of bondage and has given
me a life of meaning and fruitfulness. I am so grateful for what God has
done in my life and for how He has enabled me to be a blessing to others.
My mission is to help enrich the lives of others by showing God's kindness and
by sharing His life-giving words."
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