Pulling Out Answers
 Coaching is a leadership skill that small group leaders and coordinators love to have in their leadership toolbox. Small Groups are filled with people who have complicated problems and situations. Leaders can not possibly have all the answers or solutions. But they can use coaching, led by the Holy Spirit, to help people discern, clarify and dream of their own resolutions.
What is coaching? Coaching is the process of coming alongside an individual or leader to help them discern and fulfill, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, God’s call for their life and ministry. Mentoring, in contrast, is pouring in information, skills, or knowledge. Coaching is pulling out their ideas, solutions and ...read more
A Story of Life Coaching
 It was 10 degrees Fahrenheit, but the wind was minimal, so we were managing to stay quite warm as we made our way up the mountain on our snowshoes. The sun was long gone, but the full moon guided us and cast amazing shadows of ourselves and the trees on the white, crystallized snow. I was leading another group of guys on an adventure that I refer to as a Life Trip. We were heading to a mountain top cabin that a friend had built, and then were airlifted to the top using a helicopter in the northern tip of Vermont just south of the Canadian border. It is only accessed by foot, and its remoteness provides an adventure that is just crazy enough that you wonder, “What am I doing up here?”...read more
Happy Birthday Coffee Break!
 Coffee Break is turning forty this year! Times have changed. If I remember clearly, forty years ago coffee came in one simple version, brewed. You might have it black or with cream and sugar, but the basic beverage was pretty much the same. Today coffee shop menus have pages! Do you like cappuccino, latte’s, soy or milk, dark brewed, light brewed, and it goes on and on. There are so many choices to make...read more
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