Tag: coach
Christmas list
Our Christmas list this year
(focused on technology needs)
As Christmas draws near, businesses and institutions around the world make Christmas gift decisions. Please consider Faith Coaching Network in your mix of worthy non-profits and local charities.
Our 2011 needs are:
* MacBook Air 13in 256GB
* iPad2 wifi-3g 32GB with ATT
* Final Cut movie production software for Mac
* Canon [...]
Got a problem with God?
PREPARATION
You’ve heard me say, “Life is to be lived forward and understood backwards.” But, I really want to understand first, don’t you? When faced with a problem or challenge, I want to know the details, to find answers to “why,” to know the context and background. I want to freeze-frame life and understand what’s happening [...]
Faith in the Backstory
PREPARATION
Our churches are full of believers who are saved, but have not yet sensed a call. In Revelation 12:11 terms, these believers feel powerless. They have touched the blood, but their story, their testimony, is yet to be told.
So, after 4 years of foundation building at the Faith Coaching Network, we are responding to HIS [...]
X Marks the Spot
PREPARATION
I like those large backlit maps in malls and airports that show all the shops and services of the place. The map has no idea where you want to go, but it does know exactly where you are. If you are looking at the map, “You are Here,”
That said, I have often longed for a [...]
“I Spy” with revelation eyes
PREPARATION
When I was kid we played “I Spy.” It was a simple guessing game, but it kept us occupied when the electricity was knocked out. I tried my best to see things that were just out of view, hidden, protected and secret things that you might miss if your eyes were not looking for [...]
Time for a cave conversation?
PREPARATION
We met at 6:30 am last Sunday.
“OK, I go to church every Sunday, I read the Bible. I pray at every meal. I give my 10% to the church. I don’t cuss. I try to treat other people honestly and fairly, but something’s missing. I’m going through the motions, doing everything right, but getting nothing [...]
You think you know how to make God smile?
PREPARATION
Remember the car trips of your childhood? “Are we there yet?”
The car was barely out of the city limits when you asked, “Are we there yet?”
“No!”
It seemed like hours later, you asked, “Are we there yet?”
No!”
Once again you cried out from the back, “Are we there yet?”
“No, I’ll tell you when we’re there!”
Then, when you [...]
Calling for Easter People Action
PREPARATION
William was troubled; everything looked great on the outside, but on the inside his Sunday’s were empty and mundane. “Sunday,” he said, “is like the Groundhog Day movie.”
“It’s the same every Sunday. Everything is as expected. Same songs, same people, same prayers, same arguments about God and the same Bible verses. i already know what [...]
Do it today…sit down and write
PREPARATION
You can’t help it, your story is your expression of vision and revelation. Regardless of how secretive you are, your story puts your values and passions on display for the whole world to see. It’s a God thing and you are doing it with or without a pen.
Your story is more than a collection of [...]
Freedom: What’s it good for?
PREPARATION
Freedom is such a powerful word. It invades life at so many levels. In the last few days we have seen it invade Egypt and Libya on a national level (One man cried out, “We are martyrs for freedom”). But freedom is not just a quest for victory over tyranny. Political freedom is not the [...]
10 Things to Do with Elevator Time: Plus 1
PREPARATION
OK, just for fun, I have 10 off-the-wall suggestions for your next elevator ride:
Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: “Got enough air in there?”
Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and [...]
Worry is a good starting place
PREPARATION
Some time back a middle-aged woman named Rebecca came to my office for a talk. My mother would have called her a “worrywart.” Rebecca had turned worrying into an art form; She worried about her health, about her kids, about her parents, about her finances, about losing her job, about friends rejecting her, and about [...]
Faith Notes Get Personal
A free dose of faith conditioning
Subscribing to my weekly e-message called Faith Notes is STEP-ONE toward taking faith outside the walls of church and into the streets. Each Monday morning subscribers are greeted by an inspirational faith-story in their inbox.
The goal is simple: GoFaith.
The structure is always: The story.
The outline is expected: Preparation | Inspiration [...]
Tell the Story
Coaches share their collection
Especially the personal stories…Emerging faith coaches share their stories. Believers of every nation long to know they are not alone and that God is still working wonders. People are more powerful than you realize.
Your fingerprint encounters become doses of hope for believers. Even before you realize it, God will use your adventures [...]
10 Rules for Faith Coaches, Story Collectors, and GoFaith Team Leaders
Faith coaches, Story Collectors, and GoFaithTeam leaders are unique individuals
The one-of-a-kind, imaginative creator would, of course, put individuality and uniqueness into the creation that bears his image. Being created in the image of God means all God’s people are designed to reason independent of basic instinct, to dream and sing and express emotion, to create [...]
