Questions Coaches Hear
Recommended Book: FROM EVERY PEOPLE AND NATION: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF RACE by J. Daniel Hays
Monday, January 30th, 2012Published in 2003 by IVP New Studies in Biblical Theology (series editor D.A. Carson) This book explores a tension between blacks and whites in American in their perception of race problems. Dr. Isaac Mwase, a Black professor and pastor says the race problem is THE most important issue facing the Church today. In contrast Daniel [...]
Are You Stuck?
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Are You Having Trouble Identifying What Is Blocking Your Progress? These 4 ways of examining the problem can help. One of my favorite blog authors is Seth Godin. Click Here to find out about him! Click The Title below to visit his blog. Which of the four are getting in the way? Seth Godin Blog [...]
What are the Waves of Deep Change for the American Church to Ride?
Monday, April 11th, 2011April 11, 2011 What are the critical waves of deep change that will impact training leaders for North American Church ministry? Roy King Framework for discussion: (What follows is my attempt to recognize where change is occurring.) Below are areas or levels of change that I detect: Change in how we organize ourselves – Denominations [...]
Leadership Requires An Open Heart. What Is Your Level of Vulnerability?
Monday, January 31st, 2011I do not know anyone in Christian leadership that does not take some hits. Rejection, Betrayal, Mistrust of motives, Passive-aggressive resistance, Rage filled e-mails, Anonymous letters, Rumors circulated masked as prayer requests are just a few examples. I find all of these and more described by Paul in his letters to the churches and leaders [...]
Am I Listening For God To Speak And Expecting Him To Show Up?
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011I became a Christian at Explo 72 in June of 1972. I won’t tell the whole story here but the big idea was that Jesus made the reality of his presence, love and forgiveness very real and personal to me as I knelt beside a bed for several hours with a friend as we prayed [...]
Sleep – God’s Gift & Essential to Life!
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011As I move among Christian workers, those serving in and outside their passport culture, I am amazed at the fatigue. As I reflect on my own struggles with depression through out my adult life I also see sleep as a critical part of God’s restoring me to a place where I can taste his life [...]
Is This Church Plant Going to Make It?
Saturday, January 15th, 2011The church planter looked down breaking eye contact, I think, to slightly shield revealing the pain in his heart. He and his wife have put themselves passionately, prayerfully and consistently into birthing a church. And not just any church but a family of diverse ethnicities. And not just mulit-ethnic but reflecting a broad spectrum of [...]
Church & Parachurch Partnership – An Exciting Time to be Alive!
Sunday, October 31st, 2010Have you ever observed a pastor complaining about parachurch staff members being leeches who drain finances and leadership from the congregation? Have you ever heard a discouraged parachurch staff members share of how tired they are of being viewed as the “competition” by church leaders? As a leadership coach I hear these and similar concerns [...]
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