tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post8557127685023870429..comments2024-03-12T19:34:23.734-04:00Comments on Everyday with dan...: Personal coachingdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-43162065476528108542015-01-27T13:01:08.393-05:002015-01-27T13:01:08.393-05:00I actually did catch the chiding element.
As you ...I actually did catch the chiding element.<br /><br />As you probably know, I receive no compensation for anything I do when I do it directly for the benefit of the Kingdom. Were I to go into coaching--well I doubt I would so I can't speculate.<br /><br />I do think that ten years from now we will think of Christian coaching as yet other fad endorsed by the Shepherd Mafia that has fizzled.bill Sloathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102811572106761198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-2378642194972576692015-01-25T18:11:01.997-05:002015-01-25T18:11:01.997-05:00Bill, I included the question to you as a bit of c...Bill, I included the question to you as a bit of chiding. Sorry, I should have explained further.<br /><br />You have previously questioned the relevance of coaching, asking "where in the Word is that?" It sounded a bit like, "You shouldn't be doing it because coaching is not biblical." That is confusing to me, because I wouldn't think bagging groceries to be biblical either. So why is one okay, but not the other?<br /><br />I did, however, misspeak when I said it would not be discipleship (in this post). Like you, I believe it is, or can be, a part of anything and everything we do.<br /><br />So hopefully you didn't take it too seriously. Just having some fun. Peace, my friend.danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-35831322941958119402015-01-24T12:51:25.901-05:002015-01-24T12:51:25.901-05:00As far as your question to me is concerned, I, for...As far as your question to me is concerned, I, for myself, have made the decision that my job would be an act of discipleship and one in which I would engage in disciplining. <br /><br />I'm a sort of tentmaker. I don't pastor a church, nor will I start one, as the current use of the word entails in the Christendom church world.<br /><br />If you try to make a living as a coach, I guess that's fine with me but understand that all you do as a disciple has to be small d discipleship.bill Sloathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102811572106761198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-68210431062447169402015-01-22T19:38:59.045-05:002015-01-22T19:38:59.045-05:00I think this blog is your reality show, except tha...I think this blog is your reality show, except that it's real, unlike most reality shows. Your willingness to put it "out there" for others facing the human condition to see, identify with and realize, as you so concisely put it, that they are not alone, is an inspiration that can't be imparted in church. You recorded your raw thoughts in real time, as you were experiencing them and reacting to them, not in level-headed, authors-remorse hindsight. This blog should be on your list of achievements, a truly human collection of work. It may be at too low of a level, too granular to be referenced in your coaching, but who knows where the coaching will go. It might go from someone thinking of starting a business to someone thinking of killing themselves and paying you talk them out of it. In a word, this is REAL.<br />And that's a good segue into my suggestion for your coaching "mode". I don't want to say you should AVOID coaching clergy and churchgoers, but faith is at such a high level. When someone is about to teach me something, I tell them not to worry about what I already know and feel free to talk down to me like I'm three years old, just so long as I understand it. I think the expectation that faith is something that will help might be an assumption, whereas a lot of people are wont to admit it collapsed with everything else. I say don't make them lie to you. Maybe leave it out and see if they bring it up. You might even challenge them when they do to see if it holds up.<br />The other reason to keep the blog is that, as humans, our demons can be circular. Winston Churchill's "doomed to repeat it" or Proverbs dog to the vomit, fool to the folly. It would be a shame to have written your own Owner's Manual, then not keep it as reference. MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543269000083131799noreply@blogger.com