People flow

Leadership, Outreach

As you’re making disciples, you’re helping people move from where they are to the next appropriate steps in their journey of faith. The focus isn’t on where the person currently is, but on what’s next. Don’t let them wander around the edge of the vision–...
Keith Webb’s new coaching book

Keith Webb’s new coaching book

Coaching, Leadership

  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...

Avoiding an ambush

Leadership

When you’re processing people, I’ve found it’s always a good idea to separate the discussion from the decision. In the church I used to pastor, we had certain decisions that needed to be taken to the congregation– the approval of our budget and so on. What I...

God can clear a schedule

Leadership

I have discovered numerous times when I’m overbooked just how well God can clear a schedule. There are some times when you’re doing God’s will but you just have too much going on. Recently I was looking at my schedule on a Monday morning and there was literally too...

The meeting before the meeting

Leadership

  Every meeting is really three meetings:  The meeting before the meeting, the meeting itself, then the meeting after the meeting. Very often when I’m coaching people, their first instinct when they want to accomplish something is to bring it up at the meeting...