Summary Of The Bamboo Tube Challenge By Dave Weber

In the first chapter, “Sticks and Stones”, Dave Weber explains the rising epidemic of bullying among children and teenagers. Weber gives an example of his own experiences with bullying, and how his father would say, “You need to remember that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you,” (Pg. 1). Weber goes on to explain that harmful words can in fact result in injuries and scars. Using just your body language can result in hurt feelings. Rolled eyes, crossed arms, and sighs can throw sticks and stones. This chapter is meant to inform the audience that this book is supposed to teach them valuable lessons. The second chapter, “The Bamboo Tube Challenge”, describes how when we only focus on one aspect of our life, we disconnect ourselves from other aspects, which can cause us to feel unfulfilled. If we take off our blinders, we can see others and ourselves in a whole new light and reconnect with aspects of our lives we disconnected from. Doing this will help up to live rich, fulfilled lives. In the chapter, “The Koinonia Connection”, Weber describes the word “koinonia”, which means “community” in Greek. Koinonia is,

When we look in the mirror, we see a distorted version of ourselves, usually in a negative light. The society in which we live in tends to compare and rate us against other people. Trying to get a complete, precise picture of ourselves seems to be impossible, but it does provide us with the opportunity of self-discovery. “The Me I Really Am” describes that the better we know ourselves, the better we can understand others, because knowledge about ourselves gives us the understanding of our place in the world. In this chapter, Weber describes BGI, Blinding Glimpse of Insight, which occurs when we stop to take a good, hard look of ourselves (Pg. 40). Although this may deliver negative insight, it can bring about positive changes in ourselves and our relationships with