By Journey Pastoral Coaching
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January 1, 2017
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Blog,
Call,
Character,
Coaching,
Leadership,
Millennials,
Theology
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My Christmas Wish List for Pastors
I am a pastoral coach: I have the joy of pastoring pastors every day. Millennial pastors primarily. Pastors across America and in foreign nations. Pastors of all kinds: lead pastors, church planters, staff pastors, special needs pastors, missionary pastors, and even a couple of pastors-of-pastors. I love what I am called to do with my life because I love pastors and, I love – and greatly respect – each and every one of the pastors...
A Pastor’s Christmas Wish List
Every minister breathes silent prayers at Christmas. He lifts “wishes” to heaven. In quiet moments of reflection he reaches into his heart and draws out the dreams he would dream if only he believed they really could come true. Here is such a list of dreams. Prayers. Christmas wishes. Each and every one of them is being wished by ministers this Christmas. I know this to be true because this list has been compiled with...
Best Reads of 2016
In 2016 we read many good books, a few great books, and a couple of “why was this ever published” books (no, you won't find books of the last category in this list). Overall, it was a great reading year with many happy hours invested in my study or outside on the deck with the essential "Big Three": good music, good coffee and a good book. As the year ends, we offer you our list...
Thankful 2016
God of Heaven, What do I have that I did not receive from you? (I Corinthians 4.7) Because you are the giver of every good and perfect gift (James 1.17) and because you are good, I give you thanks; truly your lovingkindness to me and to all people is everlasting (Psalm 118.1). The 16th Century English writer, Izaak Walton wrote, “God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful...
Re4mation 2.1
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of the local church in Wittenberg, Germany, 95 reforms he believed necessary to revitalize the universal church and restore Jesus to His rightful place as Savior and Lord in church doctrine and life. In effect, Luther grabbed the church by the throat & shook it with its own need of God. That the church convulsed against Luther’s attempt at life saving is true....
Re4mation 2.0
Life & Death Culture is imploding, collapsing in upon itself. Denying absolutes and objective truth, culture is now without safeguards, consuming itself in a death spiral of spiritual and moral chaos. In his outstanding essay, “The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World,” David Wells writes: “The evangelical church has a sense that moral absolutes are evaporating like the morning mist, knows that truth of an ultimate kind has been dislodged from life, (but) apparently does not...
7 Keys in Hiring Pastoral Staff
One of the greatest constants in my ministry as a pastoral coach is walking with young ministers who are in transition, aka hiring or being hired. It is possible that the single most important decision a lead pastor makes is in the hiring of staff pastors: a poor choice can add dead weight, obstacles, or poison to a pastoral team and church. A wise choice can multiply mission, ministry, and life. So who to hire? How...
12 Great Quotes on Pastoral Coaching
Leading businesses have known for years that one of the keys to growth is a retained and trained leadership team. Fortune 500 companies invest heavily in their young leaders, knowing that the investment will reap rewards over and over again, not only in the business, but in the employee. Coaching is a key component of their program and success. Coaching was also a key component of Jesus’ “program” and success when he ministered on earth....
The 5-10-5 Rule & the Church’s Best Source of Growth
Several years ago, the magazine, "Inc." published an article that began like this: "... Businesses tend to spend so much of their time and money acquiring new customers that they often overlook their best source of growth: retaining and growing their existing customer base." Interesting! The best source of growth for a company is not in acquiring new customers, but in retaining and growing its existing customer base. It’s a principle as old as commerce...© [2015] — Journey Pastoral Coaching