the Spiritual Coaching Dashboard: Recent Episodes
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We coach people to choose life-giving reactions to the warning lights on the dashboard of their lives. Why? Because only healthy hearts can know God deeply and follow him fully!
I launch a new topic of discussion around self-awareness. We begin with a chat about pain and its vital role in our physical, emotional, and mental health as well as 3 coping mechanisms we use to avoid pain. (Season 5, Episode 1)
To women who are wondering if their relationship is abusive... enough to do something about it. And 7 steps if you conclude that it is.
In this final (3rd)of three episodes on divorce and the church, domestic violence, and God, we learn that God only hates divorce under certain circumstances, and hates marriage under others! We will consider how to handle perceived abuse that was not intended as abuse and how to proceed when investigating DV claims.
In this second of three episodes on divorce and the church, domestic violence, and God, we learn that God only hates divorce under certain circumstances, and hates marriage under others! We will discuss a higher law that cancels out any lower law against divorce, and that favoritism is the road to injustice and hurtful gender bias.
In this first of three episodes on divorce and the church, domestic violence, and God, we learn that God only hates divorce under certain circumstances, and hates marriage under others! We will discover that when God said, "I hate divorce," it was not as it appears or is often used! There are more than two Biblical reasons for divorce.
In this second episode about becoming one of God's heroes we will discuss the last 4 of 6 truth about God's heroes. Ready to hero up?!
In this episode about becoming one of God's heroes we will discuss 3 critical keys and the first 2 of 6 truth about God's heroes.
The question is not as hard to answer as it might seem at first. But that does not mean the answer is simple or easy to accept. No answer is going to be satisfactory, nor should it be. Written from a distinctly Christian worldview and for those who believe in the God of the Bible, I will give you an answer that is at the same time logical, Biblical, gospel-centric, helpful... and not able to make the fact or sight of suffering any easier to swallow!
This is about how to deal with the stress, fear, worry, and anxiety that comes along with a crisis. Created around the time of the coronavirus pandemic, this also gives help for dealing with boredom, disappointment, uncertainty, and loneliness. Written from a Christian perspective and for those who are Christ-followers, this video will help you weather any crisis and prepare for whatever comes next in a way that is healthy (and godly) for the whole person.
This episode continues a 3-part series. When a demanding season has been a long enough season. Part 3 - 7 suggestions for how to make it through.
This episode continues a 3-part series. When a demanding season has been a long enough season. Part 2 - The second of two myths about those seasons.
This episode begins a 3-part series. When a demanding season has been a long enough season. Part 1 - The first of two myths about those seasons.
Read this before you make any new years resolutions: this episode will not just save you from that futility, but lead you to lasting change.
Sometimes God puts us on the bench. This is the story of how young David, before he was crowned king, patiently waited while sidelined.
Sometimes God pulls us from the "game" and sits us - leaves us - on the proverbial bench, far from the "real" action. Now what?
In this episode... how to make sure your marriage lasts a lifetime... into and through empty nest and retirement.
Season 4 Episode 1 - I discuss how welcoming grandchildren into the world relates to spiritual coaching. Hint - it's all about the heart beat!
In this 48th episode, and final podcast of season 3 and the formal training, we will discuss how to prepare someone else to do spiritual coaching with you.
In this episode I will walk you through how to proceed with someone who has come forward to the altar for prayer... especially if your terrified at the thought!
In this second of two episodes on spiritual warfare I explain how the enemy gets foothold in our life and why it is often hard to shake off.
In this first of two episodes on spiritual warfare I explain some basics and make a few reading recommendation.
In this second of two episodes I explain the second coaching session after they have completed their homework. This time we cover the prayer a coach prays with another.
In this first of two episodes I explain the second coaching session after they have completed their homework.
This episode is about making restitution for wrongs we have inflicted on others without making a bigger mess than the one we are cleaning up.
In this episode I give a visual and simple way to describe forgiveness to anyone in under 60 seconds.
In this episode we continue the forgiveness discussion with the last eight or 12 things forgiveness isn't.
In this episode we will begin the forgiveness discussion with the first 4 of 12 things forgiveness isn't.
In this episode - there are some things you will always need to explain to everyone you coach. Here are four.
In this episode we think through how to communicate the "good news" to a generation that has no frame of reference for the standard "gospel "language.
In the week's episode we talk through your first spiritual coaching session with someone, but take the conversation a little deeper.
There are 3 parts or "feet" to our spiritual yardstick, part3 is others-ward - a new leverage!
There are 3 parts or "feet" to our spiritual yardstick, part2 is others-ward - a new leaning!
There are 3 parts or "feet" to our spiritual yardstick - part 1 is God-ward - a new loyalty!
In our first episode of season 3 we'll talk about how to measure spiritual growth without getting off into the weeds of comparison, legalism or fear... Based on Mark 12:29-31.
In this final episode of season 2, I'll use sports as a basis for showing that we need a spiritual coach because we can't correctly analyze our own swing in life as well as in sports.
In the final episode that was recorded at our leadership spiritual retreat, we look at the deeper side of the spiritual discipline of surrender.
In this next to the last episode that was recorded this summer at our leadership spiritual retreat, we look at the deeper aspects of the spiritual discipline of solitude.
We have another session for the summer spiritual retreat I led, with time covering the role silence plays in knowing what's in our heart.
This episode continues with audio content that was recorded at a summer leadership retreat that I lead, this time asking the question, how well do you know what's in your heart?
We continue with content from a leadership spiritual retreat about "fighting clean" - the heart of the leader, leads the leader.
We continue content from a leadership spiritual retreat about "fighting clean" - the heart of the leader, leads the leader.
This episode begins several sessions that were recorded from a spiritual leadership retreat - the heart of the leader (coach) leads the leader - What's In Comes Out!
This episode unpacks an explanation of what holiness is, how to do it, how to be holy, going beyond etherial vagueness and into practical realness.
The second episode in season 2 we tackle the difficult fact that God demands holiness from us, something that on its face seems impossible to give him.
We begin season 2 by talking about the heart of the spiritual coach and the truth that you cannot lead others to a place you have never been to yourself.
Three problems to avoid - pushing for decisions, making assumptions, and judging motives.
The importance of listen to both God and the one we're coaching. I'll share ways to actively listen to others and close with two techniques for actively listen to God while in a coaching session.
We’ll discuss striking the delicate balance between telling people the truth they need to hear, and doing it without being mean or insensitive. Truth telling without being an insensitive jerk.
As confusing, unfathomable, unwelcomed, and insensitive as it may seem, real treasure can be found in and extracted from the greatest tragedies life has to offer.
This episode is about the reason for and value of regularly using homework to help people hear from God and find healing and freedom.
What exactly do we do during a coaching session? What's in the DNA of spiritual coaching? What should people expect?
In this episode we dig into the place that heart - call it zeal or fanaticism if you will - has to knowing God deeply and following him fully.
I take you deeper into what we mean when we talk about “spiritual coaching” by revealing some of the strategy behind what we do during a coaching session? Hits, you're going to have to fight!
We’ll build on the importance of faith to spiritual growth (from the previous episode) by adding 3 additional items that are key to spiritual maturity.
The role of faith in spiritual coaching. How much faith do people need in order to see God move in their lives? What does a spiritual coach say to someone who laments that they just don’t have enough faith, or who feels God is holding back on them because they lack faith?
We’ll be talking a more about how to prevent those inevitable dry seasons in our relationship with God from breeding spiritual disaster.
In this episode we consider what spiritual freedom will realistically look like in someone’s growth path.
A description of what victory is, what it looks likes, what we should expect when we say we can have victory over sin.
We’ll ask and answer the vital question that every spiritual coach needs to have an answer for, “is victory over sin possible?”
If we’re going to talk about spiritually coaching, there’s a need to be clear upfront about what spiritual growth or spiritual maturity is. If we have the wrong goal in mind, much of what we say about spiritual coaching won’t make sense.