NexStep Coaching and Consulting

05/29/2023

05/24/2023

An article I wrote some time ago might be of interest to you. Click on the link, look it over and let me know what you think,
https://www.nexstepcoaching.org/category-blog/13-spiritual-formation/45-great-movements-of-god

04/13/2022

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I.' And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say 'I.' They don't think 'I.' They think 'we'; they think 'team.' They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but 'we' gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
- Peter F. Drucker

05/16/2020

Love surrounds us, among friends and in families, and in countless kindnesses.

02/07/2020

You might be interested in an update on an organization Gwyn and I are involved with in Vietnam.

Making a Difference Where It's Needed and Appreciated

03/15/2017

Check out my latest blog on the NexStep website. http://bit.ly/2m1LjQO Hope you find it helpful!

Okay, I’ll admit it; one of my all-time favorite bands is the Eagles. When Gwyn and I go to Cabo San Lucas, we drive to Todos Santos to have lunch at the Hotel California. There must be at least a dozen or so “Hotel Californias” all claiming to be THE Hotel California made famous by the Eagles. Now…

01/02/2017

NexStep Associate to Ride His Bicycle Across the US

NexStep associate and Midwest Director, Doug Gillaspie, will be riding his bicycle across the continental United States to raise awareness and funds to support the work of Little Lambs Kenya.

Go to www.breakingthecycleride.com to learn more, subscribe to blog post to follow the adventure and perhaps even donate.
Please share with your social media network.

I have been an avid cyclist for decades and have dreamt of riding my bicycle across the united States. In 2005 on my first trip to Kenya I was introduced to the crushing needs of AIDS orphans in that country. I have returned to Kenya 10 times since that first visit and have deep relationships with m...

12/28/2016

Thom Rainer has absolutely "nailed it" with his article "Anatomy of a Sick Church. His list of ten symptoms have been proven true in my experience consulting with churches and coaching pastors. Here's the link... http://bit.ly/2ht3awl

"While there are many potential symptoms of a sick church, I have found 10 to be consistently common."

12/17/2016

We have a new web site! Great to be part of this organization.

07/21/2016

Thom Rainer's post on Mentoring or Coaching

Spiritual growth is the foundation of church leadership. Education is vitally important for church leaders. Experience is critical for the development of church leaders. But mentoring is missing in over 90 percent of church leaders’ lives today.

And mentoring is the difference between good leadership and great leadership for most church leaders. If you are being mentored, don’t stop. It is one of the most important things you can do. Here are just five reasons why it's so important:
1. A willingness to be mentored reflects an attitude of servant humility.
2. Leaders grow by learning from others.
3. Mentoring engenders some level of accountability.
4. Some of the most strategic leadership ideas come from two or more people together.
5. Mentoring offers great encouragement.

07/19/2016

In 1865, in his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln declared of the North and South in the Civil War: “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.”

06/14/2016

Hope this makes for some good reading... http://bit.ly/1Ubbakh

Dr. Bill Hoyt Regional Consultant & CoachJune 2016 Safe to say, Jesus was an effective leader. I mean, how many leaders do you know who convinced twelve grown men to abandon their careers, become unpaid volunteers in a start-up venture, adopt a nomadic lifestyle, and become dependent on the generosi...