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After misfiring three times in my search for a mentor, I pursued a man whom I'd heard speak in church several years earlier. When I first approached A...
Finding a mentor is not a complicated proposition, but finding a spiritual coach usually is. The reason is that mentors help people acquire competenci...
I have a lot of empathy for youth pastors and pastors. Here are these people who have a huge heart for helping others to grow spiritually and they get...
Concepts from Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant. The Celtic term anmchara means "soul friend." Spiritual direction is the act of ...
Need a good book to read? There are some great ones on this list. It covers everything from innovation to disciple making to church planting.
If you want to become a good discipler, then you need to learn how to become a spiritual coach. And if you're going to coach someone, that is, to help...
If you can do it, find a nice place to debrief cheaply. One of the things I like about the World Race are the cool places they get to do their debrie...
From our houseboat view on the lake tonight, the fireworks were fantastic. The rain threatened us for a while, but soon enough went away. The celebra...
One of my leaders called up yesterday asking for advice. One of his staff members had visited one of our bases where every week, hundreds of young peo...
This blog belongs with my earlier series on debriefs. 18 years ago after a really difficult and mistake-filled mission project that I led, one of t...
