Coaching is the process of coming alongside a person or team to help them discover God’s agenda for their life and ministry, and then cooperating with the Holy Spirit to see that agenda become a reality. Coaches come alongside to help, just as Barnabas came alongside...
Guest blog entry from Christina Roberts, church planter: I was recently talking with my coach, sifting through all of the elements that need to be put into place for my next ministry initiative. I realized in saying all of this that I feel like I am making a...
Enjoy the entry below, courtesy of one of the church planters I’m coaching: We had gotten to the point of starting a worship service, but it was not going well. Something was wrong. Not the numbers, those were okay. But we weren’t attracting the crowd I was looking...
“Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.” — Proverbs 19:2 NLT Often when we jump ahead and move too quickly, we make mistakes. The power of coaching is to help us slow down enough to process and consider– making wise...
Phil Strout is the new national director of Vineyard USA. He told me he met with a mentor for two hours every month for 15 years, and never once did the guy ask him how his church was going. The mentor’s first question was always, “How is your soul?” Then about half...
This blog entry is part of a seven-part series on some of the central principles of coaching… from the perspective of the one receiving the coaching. How can we get the most out of our coaching relationship? Principle #5: Focus on one thing As you move forward in...
This blog entry is part of a seven-part series on some of the central principles of coaching… from the perspective of the one receiving the coaching. How can we get the most out of our coaching relationship? Principle #4: Prepare in advance This chart describes what...
Many of us are used to thinking of ourselves as the coach. What about when we’re the one being coached? How can we maximize our use of that time? How can we open ourselves up to grow spiritually and be developed in all our gifts as much as possible? What follows in...
When I was speaking recently in the masters program at Life Pacific College, a student told me it was transforming for him to realize that he was always expecting others to make space in their life for him, but he wasn’t willing to do the same. He was always the...
