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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...
I was taught in Edinburgh
I learned something last night. I've been pronouncing the word "Edinburgh" incorrectly. One street over from my house is EdinBURGH. I pronounce it as two syllables. But here in Scotland it's three. ...Edin-bu-rrah. That was just was the first thing I learned. So last...
Night in Perth
Last night was our pastors and lay leaders workshop on disciplemaking. About 25 men and women joined us at Blend Coffee Shop in Perth. There were a few surprising things. First, there were in attendance some fantastic disciplers. It was so fun to have them share and...
Scotland Prayer Requests
I am so privileged to be asked to assist pastors and Young Life staff in the UK. This May I'll spend nine days running workshops and interacting with key leadership of the country. My daughter will be joining me too, which is a thrill to have her with me. The...
Focusing My Vision
As a part of my own life coaching I've been going through I've had to pull away and consider my mission and vision. It's been a great process. I'm grateful to my coach Bill Mowry and the system setup that enhances clarity. So after about a year and a half of...
The Christmas Truce
This year marks the 100th year of the Christmas Truce. World War I was in it's first year. The overwhelming horrors of the war had not become full blown. This was the war when trench warfare became so important. In the fall of 1914 both sides tried to out flank each...
More of the Story, part 4
This is the last of the unedited comments from my Christmas update. Life Coaching is a big part of what how I want to accomplish my ministry. Coaching is different from mentoring because in coaching you allow the client to set the agenda and what they want to...
More of the Story, part 3
This is more from my series of posts following up my newsletter. I couldn't put all the comments the guys wrote in my Christmas letter, so I thought I'd give the rest of the story here. Karl, Mike, Aaron and I meet on Saturday for an hour or two ...or sometimes three....
More of the Story, Part 2
One of the first churches I started to work with even before I came of staff with The Navs was Providence Church in Avon. I met with Andy and Tom to talk about their groups ministry and discipleship at the Bob Evans on Rockside Rd. I was still interviewing with The...
More of the Story
You may have already bumped into the latest newsletter from December. I thought you might like to read the rest of what the four folks wrote to me. This first story Pastor Bob Quaintance shares his journey into engaging more deeply with the scriptures. Bob and I have...
Moving Churches Ahead
This past Saturday we spent six hours with 70 church leaders from seven congregations. What a great day. These churches have been gathering to learn how they can build a disciplemaking culture in their church. They are in year two of our three-year process. We...
Charging up your time with God
I bumped into my friend Jordan and Panera this morning. We chit chatted about life and the early morning. We got onto the topic of our walk with Christ. He shared, "I am stuck. I'm just not connecting with Jesus." Like most of us from time to time we found we are...
Nav enews August ’14: New Levels
This year has seen big increase in the scope of the ministry. What I have seen this year is growth in a whole new area. My first years on staff were focused on individual pastors. I've assisted them as they strengthened their disciplemaking skills. They've taken new...
Joining us at the Alongsider this Saturday?
Coming out to our Disciple-making Clinic? Here's the details for Saturday. Here's the details. Saturday April 12th, 8:29 to 2:30 Arrive a few minutes early pickup your materials and find your seat. Lifestyles 940 Town Park Boulevard, Uniontown, Ohio, 44685. (It is...
Disciple-making training coming April 12th
Disciple-Making Clinic April 12th
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