Another Easter has come and gone. So how can our lives be different this year, post-Easter? Sunday, I attended the Easter Sunday service at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church. During worship, my friend Lance King, the Pastor of Chestnut Grove, delivered a sermon that is still resonating in my heart and my spirit. I want to share my takeaways from the […]
Hello, fellow Exoteric Coaches! As you know, we are required to carry liability insurance that provides $1M in coverage. You must also name Exoteric as an Additional Insured, and current members will have six months from March 1, 2017, to obtain get Liability Insurance. Linton Johnson suggested Lockton Affinity as a provider. Lockton Affinity, LLC 1-800-253-5486 P.O. Box 879610 Kansas […]
“I don’t trust them and they don’t trust me,” a coaching client told me the other day. Trust, or more accurately, the lack of trust, seems to be one of the crucial challenges today, both in our work environments and in life. In conversations without trust, people tend not to listen to each other. Instead, they talk past one another, […]
I recently took the ICF’s Coach Knowledge Assessment exam (CKA). This online multiple-choice exam was part of the requirement for me to receive my Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential with the International Coaching Federation. Several of my fellow coaches are also taking the exam, and a frequently asked question is “How do I prepare for this? How do I ace it?” […]
Today, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. I wonder what he’ll say in his inaugural address. (I’ll know soon enough!) I also wonder what might happen if Jesus were elected President and gave the inaugural address. If what happened in Luke 4:14-30 is any indication, Jesus’ inaugural address might not go so well. Jesus […]
Many churches I know are anxious about their future. Faced with troubling trends of declining attendance, dwindling budgets, and decaying buildings, congregational leaders face increasing pressure to come up with solutions to these problems. I should know, because when I was a pastor, I spent many waking hours wrestling with this issue. It didn’t help that I wasn’t a particularly […]