Sometimes, the thing preventing a client from moving forward isn’t a lack of motivation, a clear game plan, or accountability. It’s not a lack of skill or a fuzzy vision, either. And it’s not that their level of effort is too low or that they are facing challenging external circumstances. Instead, the roadblock is inside

The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ is a fantastic mystery, but I do not think God just stuck a full-term baby inside the waiting mother. Technically, though God is not always technical, God the Father implanted a zygote, a fertilized egg, into Mary’s womb. A zygote is a single cell filled with DNA that divides

Coaching is all about transformation. Clients come to coaching seeking clarity, growth, and breakthroughs. Yet, these aspirations are always tangled up by challenges—personal fears, external setbacks, and bigtime barriers that seem insurmountable. For coaches, the ability to support clients as they navigate through such obstacles is paramount, and few philosophies are as adept at navigating

At the beginning of the year, I became responsible for caring for a baby birb. No, I did not misspell bird—I purposely wrote birb. At the dinner table, our middle son returned from time with his friends and mentioned a self-care app he had downloaded called Finch. Simply put, you care for yourself by caring

Most dangers in life come not from the obviously bad, evil, or toxic, but from what might best be described as “too much of a good thing.” A few months ago, Hurricane Helene dumped an incredible amount of water on the mountain communities an hour west of where I live. Generally speaking, water is a

Brandon Kelly introduced me to the Invitation vs. Challenge model while leading me through the formative book Building a Discipleship Culture. It is a classic two-axis grid, with invitation rising vertically and challenge growing horizontally. Ideally, a leader will wield both powers to help people move forward. The biblical case for this model is found