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Transformation ...
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Looking more like Christ ...
Helping others to live it out
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In good company in disbelief
Not believing really is part of it. From the very start everyone struggled with thinking Easter was true. The disciples did not start there. Just look at where they were at immediately following Jesus' death. Luke 24 brings out disbelief in the closest of Jesus'...
Let’s give better thanks
Giving thanks many times isn't our first response to life. In Luke 17 ten folks benefitted and only one gave thanks to Jesus. That's not a great percentage ...ten percent. I hope that's not my percentage in my my life! So to counter this tendency here's some good...
Next Steps in Coaching
Coaching helps develop leaders, helps folks take action, helps people think well about their life. I've personally benefitted and have thoroughly enjoyed watching my clients take bold new steps. Here's a few ways The Navs can help you learn how to help others more...
Why I like Life Coaching
One of the very fun parts of my week is the opportunity to walk with others in our Life Coaching process. I am grateful for the fantastic training I've received in the Navs. A lot of people use the word "coaching" to mean a variety of things. Let explain what we mean...
My Ten Year Mission
I'm excited to consider what could be done in the next ten years. As I've moved through my first years with The Navigators I've learned even more what I am to do. At first, I was learning new skills of the ministry. It then moved to understanding what are the building...
Our 3 year Disciplemaking process
Can a disciplemaking culture be formed in a congregation? Can a church become a place where disciples are made and continually being made? That is what The Navigators have been working at this process for almost 50 years. In the "Growing Intentional Disciplemaking...
What’s My Mission
As I've moved through my years with The Navigators it has become clearer what I am to do. It has been energizing to consider how I am to accomplish the vision. It's taken the accumulation of experiences, training and time to consider to add clarity to these things. We...
The spiritual discipline I didn’t like
I remember when I was living in Charleston hearing about a someone journaling. I thought that sounds so awful, like a writing in a diary. I was reminded little book with a locket that I would write everything from the day. Today I ..._____. Yuck. It just didn't sound...
Meditation insight from Shelton
This morning I was leading a monthly video conference with two churches in Shelton, CT. We were focusing on the seventh chapter in The Ways of the Alongsider. The question we proposed was, "How do we love and live the Scriptures?" Dawson Trotman years ago used the...
My Ten
Click here for the ten churches I'm serving! State of the Ministry Jan2016
Life Coaching
There's a lot of people throwing out the term "coaching." It is used in a variety of ways. I've had a lot of training in my first four years to ramp me up to coaching. A coach works with pastors and church leaders in helping them move from current reality to their...
Equipping the Chinese Church
One of the surprising outcomes of the summer was being involved with the Chinese Church of Akron. It wasn't even on my radar in May, but in July things changed. That was fun. My friend Todd McKenney has ministered for a long time with them, particularly when he on...
Two churches thinking deeply
This week I'm taking a new step with two of the churches I am working with. They have taken the Reveal Survey, which will give them a huge amount of information about the spiritual condition of the their congregation. It will give them a number of priorities to be...
Stories behind the Postcard
I had a hard time picking just three pictures from my trip to Scotland for the postcard I sent out. Here's the story behind each of them. The big picture is at St Andrews. There's a huge St Andrews cathedral built bearing his name. It is Kate's and my favorite places...
Key Moment in Disciplemaking in Scotland
I just finished today our three day conference with the YL staff. What an honor to be with them. This is such an exciting time for the UK young life staff. They have a neat unity within the team. It's fun being with them to enjoy the community. They have been given a...
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