Coaching a second grader

Here’s a fabulous coaching story by ministry leader Dave Wasemann: I am preparing a fourth grader and a second grader for baptism and first communion. They are related so we meet in the kitchen of one family’s home. We have been studying four chapters a week in...

Coaching on sacred ground

I virtually always find coaching to be meaningful work. But then there are the times when God’s presence is just glaring. I was coaching a leader who was unsure of his agenda for our coaching session. He had just come out of a season of change and transition and it...

When God is at work, don’t mess it up

When you’re coaching someone and they say, “That’s a good question,” how should you respond? The correct answer is silence. When someone says, “That’s a good question,” it means the Holy Spirit has connected with them and what you need to do is nothing. Be silent and...