“What can I get from coaching that I cannot get from calling pastor friends of mine?” This was basically what one pastor said to me on a Meet and Greet call (a call designed for people interested in coaching with us, to explore it a little more). Already a little confused? Let me start this story from the beginning... The pastor mentioned above had been referred to me by one of our pastoral coaching clients. The client had testified that his ministry and life had been wonderfully changed by...

And maybe an even more important question is, what are you going to do about it? Very few people, if any, love every aspect of what they do. There are usually at least a few things that are "just part of the job". We often don't mind the "bad" things as much, when the "good" things that we enjoy, vastly outweigh the bad. Sometimes however... the good things can turn bad. But why and how can good things turn bad? And what should we do about it? First - why and how good can turn bad? You were...

So many people settle for the counterfeit that the enemy consistently parks in front of them (and that they always seem to have 24/7 access to), rather than wait for the fullness of the blessing that the Lord has for them. As Dan Mohler puts it, they “sell cheap”. We see this all around us in the world AND in the Church.   Accepting the counterfeit is a form of rebellion and idolatry. It is the same as saying, “God, you don’t know what you are doing, but I know. I know better than you.”   The...