Discipleship is the most important task I can perform as a Christian. What is discipleship? My first thought is that it is for me to reproduce my Christianity in someone else. I want them to believe what I believe, minister as I minister, and behave as I behave. My second thought was different. I was

When helping clients design actions, it’s important to identify timelines.  After all, real actions take place in real space and time.  Putting a timeframe or timeline to the action will make a conceptual action more concrete and more tangible (thereby increasing the likeliness that the client will take the action).  However, not all action plans

How do you lead a task when you only know a little? Most of us in ministry face this situation all the time. We lead because we’re the best we have, and that isn’t saying a whole lot. I lead worship on Sunday night (who even has Sunday night church anymore) in a small church

One of the things many developing coaches struggle with is accountability.  (So if you struggle, you are not alone!).  Accountability is tricky because as coaches we want to balance two truths: a) the client owns the issue, and b) the clients often benefits from accountability.  Clients own the issue and ultimately they are the party

I LOVE this quote! Wimpy was a man after my own heart when it came to loving hamburgers. And while I don’t believe I ever bought a burger on credit, I most certainly share Wimpy’s desire to satisfy his hunger RIGHT NOW. I’ve just returned from an eight-day cruise during which I tried very hard

As you know, Brian and Chad and I do quite a bit of Mentor Coaching. We help folks build competencies in their coaching by being coached, observing coaching, mentoring about coaching, and teaching by example. In other words, we spend a great bit of our time either being coached or listening to coaching and providing