by Deb Winters | May 8, 2015 | Coaching4Clergy
In the last blog I challenged you to Trust God, Trust the process! Coaching is such a new field for many people that their first question is what is coaching? They may have experienced a coach when they played in a sport at school, but why would someone want a coach if they are not playing sports? What is the process of coaching? A lot like sports, people look to a coach because they want to get better at what they are doing. Sometimes it is dealing with a situation at work with a co-worker, employee or employer they are having difficulty communicating with, or they are not feeling satisfied in their job and are wondering if they are in the right career, or they are looking to take their “game” to the next level at work, to name a few. Some people are looking for help with relationships at home with their children, spouse, parents, relatives, neighbors, or friends. Some are trying to figure out what their calling is in life and what it is God is calling them to. You may feel like you know something needs to change, but you are not sure what step to take. Or you know exactly where you want to head, but are not sure how to get there. Coaching enables you to look at all of your options and decide what next step will be most advantageous for you. The basic skill sets every coach (although referred to by various names depending upon what coaching school you go to) uses to help you decide your next steps are: Co-Creating the...
by Deb Winters | May 8, 2015 | Coaching4Clergy
When I first co-taught a Biblical Storytelling Class with Minister Cynthia Pollard it became evident that the students were worried about internalizing their biblical text enough to be able to tell it well and do a monologue about it. In order to calm their nerves and have them be open to the various teaching techniques they would be learning a mantra developed in the class: Trust God, Trust the process! As class progressed the students became more and more confident as they listened to each other tell their texts and develop monologues and as each telling got better and better. By the end of the class as each student successfully shared their Biblical Storytelling the class erupted in applause and recited: Trust God, Trust the process! If I were to give advice to anyone beginning with a coach it would be to trust God and trust the process. Trust: for whatever is going on in your life or ministry, God has led you to consider coaching. We come with our next step already within us, but often our emotions block us from hearing what it is we are telling ourselves and what God is trying to get us to hear. Trust your coach to use powerful questions and deep listening to hear what it is you are saying and not saying; what you are hearing and not hearing. Trust that God will lead through your answers and through your coach to decipher the next steps you need to take. Remember when there is a log jam it often just takes one log to begin moving to have all the...
