Mutual respect and loyalty: the core of an effective team
What is at the core of an effective team? There are a lot of hard knocks in ministry. To help cushion some of those blows and give everyone the energy to keep moving forward, the team you’re a part of needs to provide a supportive and encouraging environment. Three...
How to build trust
A while back I did a blog entry on handling conflict. One comment rightly pointed out that a basic foundation of trust was assumed and suggested I write an entry on how to build trust. I thought that was an excellent suggestion. Here’s my first take on it–...
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...Things I learned by working with inner city middle schoolers: part 2
One of the things I quickly noticed when running an inner city ministry for middle schoolers was that these kids have a long history of broken promises by significant adults in their lives. These kids were really insecure about trusting adults, because adults had...