What do you REALLY believe?

One of the key foundations of coaching is the belief that the person being coached is able to hear from God. The client is able to discern and cooperate with what God is doing– the coach’s role is to help them do that. In taking this approach, coaching honors...

Common needs in coaching

I spend a lot of my time coaching, and I’ve realized that I’m almost always working to help the client accomplish one of these actions: Clarifying: Very often people need to clarify what they want to do. They need to see the big picture. Usually the vision is there,...
Keith Webb’s new coaching book

Keith Webb’s new coaching book

  I first met Keith Webb when he was a rookie missionary in Japan. He’s grown up well and has been doing some wonderful work in coach training. Check out his new book: The COACH Model for Christian Leaders: Powerful Leadership Skills to Solve Problems, Reach...

Seeing God in our past

As I’ve written about previously on my blog, we always open our gatherings by asking, “How did you experience God this week?” Recently someone responded by talking about how she experienced God by looking back on her life… thinking about the challenging points in her...

The puzzle of coaching

One of the reasons I love coaching is that it’s so much like a puzzle. All of the pieces are there– they’re just not in the right order yet. I’ve found that even someone who comes across as very scattered and disorganized very often has all of the answers they...