You are here for a reason. Your life has a purpose. Ancient Hebrew called it your TOV...if you don't live your TOV, part of creation is left undone. The name of the podcast says it all, we're here to help you find your TOV.
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Episode 33: Work From Rest
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Season 3 (Episode 33) ends with some thoughts on Sabbath. This was the origin of the 4 looks.Dr. Henry Graf
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Episode 32: Look Onward
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Look On is the final of the 4 looks (look down, look back, look up) and works best when our heart (will), soul (deep emotions), strength (resources) and mind are aligned.Dr. Henry Graf
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Episode 31 explores how does mind align with heart (will), soul (depth of emotion), and strength (resources).Dr. Henry Graf
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In this episode, Henry talks about the third thing we align in strength.Dr. Henry Graf
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We've been dancing with "the Shema" and "the four looks" in Season 03: Align. In Episode 28: Soul, we explore the role of deep emotions in getting us where we are going.Dr. Henry Graf
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It's easy to get caught up in the day to day. "Look Up" reminds us there is a bigger story being told.Dr. Henry Graf
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Episode 27: Look Back
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I stumbled over the Four Looks (Look Down, Look Back, Look Up, and Look Forward) as I was trying to figure out how to better practice a weekly Sabbath. (That's how they appear in Find Your TOV: a SKETCHbook.) In this series we are unpacking how they can help us #align. When we Look Back patterns become more clear.…
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Aligned things get where they're going, so Season 3 is unpacking an ancient command called the Shema which says, "get aligned." In Episode 26 we look at "heart" (understood in the ancient world as "will"), the reality that this is a "law" and what that means.Dr. Henry Graf
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Episode 25: Four Looks (Look Down)
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Episode 25 introduces "the four looks" and explores the first look: look down. These four have helped people and groups ALIGN.
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Episode 24: Unity In Diversity
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In Season 03: Align we dancing with “the Shema” (which when Jesus added “mind” started being called “the Greatest Commandment.”). In this Episode explore how even God God’s self leads us down a path of Unity in Diversity.Dr. Henry Graf
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Episode 23: Jasper Bought Flowers
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It's easy to think "up and to the right" means something it doesn't, but a kid named Jasper buying flowers gave a new perspective. In this episode we explore a more "fruitful" way to look at success and wonder what season we are entering into.Dr. Henry Graf
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Season 2 (and 2022) ends with a little reflection on the Christmas Story from Luke 2. Merry Christmas and "see" you again in 2023 with Season 3. As we close out this season we are asking for your prayer and support, so we can continue the Find Your TOV Podcast in 2023. We can't do it without you! Become a supporter now at Patreon.com/FindYourTOV Ev…
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Table (this Episode) along with Tree (Episode 19) and Silence (Episode 20) are a through line that weaves through the entire story and the way they show up at Christmas is amazing. Enjoy this last installment of this three part Advent series.Dr. Henry Graf
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Episode 20: Silence is the second in a three part Advent series looking at Tree, Silence, Table. This Episode was recorded live, with an audience at the Garden in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Dr. Henry Graf
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Every story needs themes and threads that weave from beginning to end. They're called through-lines. At Christmas the throughline of Silence, Tree, Table shows us in a beautiful way. In this Episode, Dr. Graf kicks off a 3 part Advent Series exploring the through-line Tree. . . . Support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FindYourTOV Find out …
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Episode 18: Storytime
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People think in story (that's why we love them), so it makes sense the easiest way to see is to see story. ---- Here's some books I mentioned Wired for Story by Lisa Cron is about the Neurology (Brain Science) of Story. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller is the book that inspired / preceeded Storybrand (if you do anything with mar…
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Episode 17: Unconscious Competency
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Sometimes you do something for so long it becomes an "unconscious competency." I realized one of mine is what Jesus talked about in Mark 1:14-15. That's what we talk about in Episode 17 of the Find Your TOV podcast. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/FindYourTOV Learn more about what we do at www.FindYourTOV.com ---- Upcoming Events Finding To…
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Episode 16: Seeing Story (with Adeline Graf)
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A. McKenna (aka Adeline Graf) is the artist who designed the cover of Finding TOV: a SKETCHbook. The fact that she's blind adds to the insight she brings on seeing. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/FindYourTOV Learn more about what we do at www.FindYourTOV.com ---- Upcoming Events Finding Tov Leader Intro Thursday, Nov 10: Evansville, Indian…
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Episode 15: Sight Beyond Sight (with Tim Baron)
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Tony Hawk and Jason Ellis agree Tim Baron is "way better than everybody" when it comes to skateboard design. To get there, he had master the SEE, the first step in Finding TOV. In addition to being an artist, Tim is also a master story teller, risk taking skater, cartoon aficionado and a bit of a semiotician ... but you'll hear as you enjoy Episode…
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Episode 14: Capture the Essence (with Lesa Van Meter)
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After two decades of owning Shadowlands Photography, Lesa Van Meter is an expert on SEE the first stop on the Find Your TOV treasure map. In Episode 14 Henry and Lesa talk about seeing, stories we stand under, wonder and wresting. ------- You can help keep this podcast going, and get some amazing swag, at Patreon with membership levels starting at …
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Episode 13: Start Here
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Season 02 kicks off with a recap episode. These are the 5 Hebrew Words that make up the Find Your TOV lexicon: Tov (טוֹב) Quick Definition: Multiply (This Episode 2:23-3:00) 🎙️Episode 01: Eat, Eat, Eat 🎙️Episode 02: Made To Multiply 📓 Movement (M) I, Idea (I) 1 & @ Miyn (מִין -- spelled לְמִינוֹ [Gen 1:11 & Gen 1:25], לְמִינֵהוּ [Gen 1:12 x2, Gen 1…
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Episode 12: I Created A Hairball
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On the treasure map to finding TOV, separate is the third stop. We are divided to dance. In this, the final episode of Season One, we explore the dance, "orbit." Don't forget... Find Your Tov: a SKETCHbook is on sale (regular $32.99) for $22 on Amazon through the end of September 2022. Footsteps of Jesus (May 13-26, 2023) - Join Henry Graf & Matt S…
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Episode 11: Coffee with Dave
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My friend Dave asked a great question when we were having coffee, an Italian tradition. In Italian, an almond is called a mandorla. Much more than a food or a shape, it's an idea, a posture, a position we need to learn as we find our TOV. A couple new things... Find Your Tov: a SKETCHbook is on sale (regular $32.99) for $22 on Amazon through the en…
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Episode 10: Size Matters...but not how you think.
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TOV means multiplication, so how can one person make a difference in a world so big? Episode 10 strives to answer that question. --------- 2 Big Announcements Find Your TOV: a SKETCHbook drops this Sunday 9.18 Cover Design by A. McKenna (instagram @ArtByAMcKenna) Footsteps of Jesus Registration is live... were going May 13-26, 2023 You can reserve …
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Episode 09: Officially Old People
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You can't SEE if you don't Sabbath. When it comes to Biblical Laws, Sabbath made the top 10 list. You've probably heard about the 10 Commandments. Most people know about them for a long time before even thinking about thinking about their context (that double "think about" wasn't a typo). In this Episode Henry unpacks the context of commandments to…
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Episode 08: Words Create Worlds
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SAY is the second spot on the Find Your TOV treasure map, and this episode dives in. Since the Fall Coaching Cohorts kick off in one week (Tuesday, September 6, 2022) and this is your last call for the 122 special (registration ends this Sunday, September 3, but you can sign up now) we had more ground to cover than normal. We admit this one was a b…
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Episode 07: Pirates & Poetry
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TOV first shows up in a pirate poem. Every pirate knows, X marks the spot and that’s the poems shape (scholars call it a chiasm). The first people to hear Genesis 1:1-5 had lived under an Egyptian king that enslaved them, making every attempt to keep them from living their TOV. "Pirates," according to Kester Brewin, "emerge whenever economies becom…
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Episode 06: Redeeming Ra —What I Learned While Visiting The Ruins of Herod’s Summer Palace
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In Egypt Ra was the Sun god. The King claimed his Ra's power, standing under his story, and doing his best to keep Israel from Finding TOV. Standing under Ra's story, a story of scarcity, still happens. When Ra comes from someone we love, or a system we depend on, it's hard to call it Ra. Difficult as it is, calling Ra Ra is often the first step in…
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Episode 05: Fifthword
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The Fifthword is Miyn (translated "of its kind"). Hearing "fithword" might make you wonder what the other four words are: TOV (translated "good") multiply Ra (translated "evil") living TOV in a way that keeps something from its TOV d'ath (translated know) know about yada (translated know) intertwined knowing that change the knower and known Quote i…
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Episode 04: God's not a(n) #@!$ (Part II)
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If you've heard about The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, you've probably asked why God put it there. Hebrew was the language this tree is mentioned in and unpacking four Hebrew words (actually, three Hebrew Words and an Egyptian one they lifted) changes the story. It becomes clear that God's not a(n) #@!$ ----- Take advantage of the $122 coach…
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Episode 03: God's not a(n) #@!$
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When TOV got lost in translation, making sense of "that tree" (the tree of knowledge of TOV and evil) was impossible. When people ask, "Why did God put that tree in the garden?" they are suspending disbelief. I want to honor that. It took decades & degrees to wrestle with this question. For the longest time, I didn't engage because the answers I ha…
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Episode 02: Made to Multiply
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The reason there is more than enough (Episode I) is because the universe is TOV. (TOV means multiply.) You were made to live TOV, if you don't, parts of creation are left undone. That is why it's so important for individuals and organizations to find TOV. You've got to find TOV before you can live TOV. Here are the links, I promised in this episode…
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Episode 01: Eat, Eat, Eat
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Sometimes the most important things get lost. This shouldn't surprise us. Ancient Wisdom tells us that Ancient Wisdom gets lost. Since this is the first episode, we wanted to let you know how we're coming at the topic. Theater and movies call it "suspension of disbelief" and and the deep dive book mentioned was: Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-C…
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Welcome to Find Your TOV (the podcast). I’m Dr. Henry Graf and our first season Origin Story kicks off Tuesday July 12 with an Episode called Abundance & Scarcity. New Episodes drop every Tuesday until Find Your Tov (the book) comes out in September 2022.Dr. Henry Graf
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