I never planned to become a spiritual formation coach. Yet today, more than half of my clients come for spiritual growth and formation coaching. It began with a simple request. “I feel stuck spiritually. Will you help me get unstuck?” Laura was a 30-something married woman struggling with infertility and experiencing God amid multiple miscarriages [...]
You’ve heard the statistics. Half of all marriages end in divorce. The divorce rate in the church is about the same as outside. Research now proves that these “facts” are not true. Harvard-trained social researcher and best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn dispels the myth in her book, The Good News About Marriage. She points out that [...]
Listen to your life. This provocative phrase, coined by author and theologian Frederick Buechner, simply means to pay attention. If you distill coaching down to its essence, it’s really what we do, isn’t it? We help our clients pay attention to the inner voice of wisdom, using open-ended questions. Yet, in our commitment and devotion [...]
I thought Susan would be the perfect client. I was wrong. I needed to put an end to this relationship and fast. Initially, Susan had contacted me about leadership coaching. I also worked with her husband, a pastor, on other unrelated projects. Despite her initial request for leadership coaching, the sessions quickly shifted in focus [...]
Christian coaches enter the field of coaching to work with people, not to create websites. But building your coaching website can be a whole lot easier if you understand and make the most of the discovery process. As a former project manager for high-dollar website projects in the corporate world, I’ve had an inside seat [...]
One day last spring, I spent an entire morning strolling through the Museum of Modern Art, enjoying various exhibits, ingesting the color and beauty around me, allowing it to nourish my soul. I admired each individual’s artistry and the nuance captured in each work of art. There was more than exceptional technique on display here. [...]
In our continuing efforts to meet the needs of professional Christian coaches worldwide, we’re pleased to add a new weekly feature to our community blog — Friday News Roundup. Each week, we’ll be curating content from around the Web, targeting such topics as entrepreneurism, marketing, technology, content development, and more. Below you’ll find five articles [...]
In his popular book, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It, Michael E. Gerber writes, “Everybody who goes into business is actually three-people-in-one: The Entrepreneur, The Manager, and the Technician. The Entrepreneur is the dreamer, the visionary, the creative, Gerber says. She lives in a world of [...]
Periodical self-assessment is important for coaches. And what better time to gauge your growth over the past year and set new goals for the year ahead than now. To help guide the process, I've created a simple assessment, based loosely on the wheel of life. Consider taking a half-day retreat and prayerfully answer the questions [...]
In the December 2013 issue of Inc. Magazine, Jason Fried, the co-founder and president of 37signals.com, shared a surprising decision in his article, “Marketing Without Marketing.” Rather than trying to snag new customers with his marketing dollars, he decided to focus instead on his existing customers. When Fried first began wondering what his business would [...]