Coaching breakthroughs

I’ve loved being a coach for the 20+ years I’ve been doing it, but lately I really love being a coach. It means having a front row seat to seeing some amazing breakthroughs with the people I’m working with. Because I honor confidentiality I can’t share specifics, but...

On spiritual direction and coaching

I was recently asked this question in an email:  “Bob – are you familiar enough with spiritual direction to be able to articulate the general differences between that and coaching?” As it happens, my wife Janet is a spiritual director, so I am familiar with the...
Meet Dave

Meet Dave

  I want to introduce you to Dave DeVries. Dave is a contributor on my soon-to-be-released book, The Missional Journey, sharing his wisdom and learnings from his own ministry experience. I’ve always been a big believer in collaborative projects because I find the...

Scripture shedding light on coaching

In what ways does scripture inform the way we think about coaching? 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 sheds light on how coaching is done: The Apostle Paul paints a picture of how we are to develop others in their faith—as a father dealing with his children. The functions a...

Equipping people for works of service

Ephesians 4:11-12 sheds light on why coaching is done: “So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in...