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In my years of pastoring and church planting, I have found something of a rift between varying Jesus tribes that often goes unspoken. The rift I am referring to runs between those churches and movements that primarily focus on that which happens in the community of God and those that primarily focus on that which happens through the community of God. However, if we are going to see a fresh move of God in our lifetime, we cannot afford to focus on one and not the other.
Coaching can be a daunting task, especially if you’ve never been coached yourself. However, with God’s grace and help, and a little bit of coaching guidance, you can help those around you transform the dreams God has placed on their hearts into reality.
Like Bruno of Disney's 2021 animated feature, many of us still don't really know how to talk about what we feel, discern and are experiencing in this new "Post-Covid” reality. A renewed focus on mental health has helped some get the necessary care they need, but as a collective of culture it seems most of us are simply just trying to move on. We struggle to know how to talk about what is really happening at large in our culture's "zeitgeist".
By asking great questions, a coach draws out what the Holy Spirit is already telling a follower of Jesus to do so they know what their next steps need to be to obey him.
Some days I like to think I'm like John or Peter. But if I'm honest, most days I think I'm a lot more like Judas - doubtful that God can be anywhere near as good as Jesus suggests and tempted at times to sell out for a measly bag of silver.
Today I praise God that even the Judas' of the world are invited around the table of the lamb!
Lurking in the shadows of many well intended church programs is the belief that this parable represents an outdated model. Simple proclamation and demonstration of the power of the gospel in our communities simply is seen as "not for today" amongst other modern ideas. The problem with this ideology is that you will not find it in the ministry of Jesus.
“I am fully a missionary that has a full time job in football. This allows me to be with people on a day to day basis. It helps me to be present in people's lives.”
Jesus is many things today, but one thing He is not: invisible.
Roughly a decade ago my wife and I found ourselves leading a rapidly growing church plant, adding additional services and staff, on the cusp of launching our second campus, and on the receiving end of lots of applause and attention. What most didn't know at the time was I was dying inside.
