This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged in separately or as a series.

As we live incarnationally and serve missionally, the spiritual sensitivities of others will be awakened. We are called to discern those opportunities when God is actively engaging with people, and then figure out how to best come alongside them on their spiritual journey. A two-way flow of communication will help us better understand what their needs are. We can provide prayer, support, resources, connections to other people, or a listening ear as we respond to what God is doing. We can tell them stories about Jesus and about how he has changed us. As they decide to follow him, we’ll be able to help them take the initial steps of the life of faith.

Ask each other these questions to help one another journey along the way in this area:

• What spiritual needs are you aware of in those around you?
• How would you share the story of Jesus in your own words?
• What help can you provide as others begin to follow Jesus?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged separately or as a series. 

Following Jesus has never been a go-it-alone kind of faith. If we follow Jesus, we are by definition part of something bigger than ourselves. To fully participate in that community, we need to get involved and become part of it. That starts with showing up, consistently and faithfully. Then we find something to do that needs to be done. It doesn’t matter much what; we are simply called to help. In trying different ways to contribute to the community of faith, we find ways to give of ourselves… not just giving our services but giving our hearts as well.

Ask each other these questions to help one another journey along the way in this area:

• Where and when do you need to show up?
• What can you do to help?
• What would it look like to invest from your heart?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged separately or as a series.

No matter what our ministry looks like, we need to find ways to do it alongside others. None of us are complete on our own. We’ll need to look for others who may share our passions or be drawn to similar kinds of ministry areas. They don’t have to be perfect or even all that competent yet… they’re on a journey too. Others whose gifts and skills are different than our own are especially helpful as they complement us and give us a broader perspective. As we work together, we can sharpen each others’ skills: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17). Not only can we support one another as we work together, but we can encourage one another and challenge one another on toward further growth and development.

Ask each other these questions to help one another journey along the way in this area:

• Who can team with you?
• How could you help others grow in their skills? What do you need from others?
• What opportunities do you have to encourage and challenge those who team with you?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged separately or as a series.

Jesus said that all of the Law and the Prophets hang on just two commandments: Love God and Love Others. From these two commandments flow everything else. What does it mean to love others? It doesn’t mean you have to like everybody, and it goes beyond just tolerating everybody. It means having the best interests of others at heart. As Philippians 2:4 puts it, “not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” The catch is that we can’t follow this greatest commandment from a distance. To really love others means we have to be present with them, be involved with them, share life together and be impacted by one another. It’s always a messy process, and often an uncomfortable one, but where we really follow Jesus is in the day-to-day messiness of life with others.

Ask each other these questions to help one another journey along the way in this area:

• When are you truly present with others?
• What risks are you taking to share yourself with others?
• How are you different because of other people’s impact on your life?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged separately or as a series.

As we try to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, it’s essential that we engage in some self-reflection once in a while. As human beings, we’re in a constant cycle of growth and change no matter what our age. Where do we need to grow? Where do we need to pay attention? Where do we need to repent? Where do we need to shift our focus? Where is God calling us to next? Those answers will be different for every person and will be different at every step along the way of our journey. So start where you are right now. To engage in self-reflection, take some time to ask yourself the hard questions. Ask others who know you well for their feedback. Ask God what he wants to say to you. What does he have for you next? Practice humility and open your heart to the possibility of change, for wherever God is at work, there will be change.

Ask each other these questions to help one another journey along the way in this area:

• What insights are you gaining from self-reflection? What feedback have others given you?
• What does God seem to be saying to you?
• How can you best engage with the change process?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged separately or as a series. 

God has something unique for each of us to contribute to his Kingdom. By paying attention to what we are passionate about and what moves us, we gain important clues as to where God might want us to focus our efforts. When you sense God guiding you toward a particular area of ministry, begin thinking about ways you can help or contribute. No one can do everything; but everyone can do something. What is that something you can do? Once you’re actively involved in ministering somewhere, continue to learn and grow and branch out. Stretch yourself to try new things and learn new skills. Who knows where God may want to lead you from here. Stay open to the Spirit and keep growing.

Ask each other these questions to help one another journey along the way in this area:

• Where do you sense God tugging on your heart lately?
• What actions might God be leading you toward?
• What’s one thing you can do to get better at ministering to others?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

This blog post is part of a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides. Each Journey Guide is a three-week discipleship study. They can be engaged separately or as a series.

Loving God is the bedrock of all of the rest of our faith — it’s the reason we’re on this journey to begin with. In a sense, every other step in our faith journey comes from here and returns to here. All of what we do as followers of Jesus stems from our relationship with God. A relationship is by definition a two-way street: we talk and we listen. We give and we receive. We are changed by the interaction. Loving God can involve any activity through which we engage with him: worship, prayer, meditation on scripture, listening to the Holy Spirit and responding to him, and being changed as a result of our relationship with him.

The three-week journey guide Love God addresses these essential questions:

• How are you engaging with God?
• How is Jesus at work in your life right now?
• How are you responding to the Spirit?

If you want to take people through a 3-week journey on this topic, visit the Logan Leadership Store.

We have another free resource available on the Logan Leadership website: the Map of Discipleship. This is a tool you can use as you disciple people. Nine different categories– along with bullet point descriptors– are listed on the map:

Click here to download a free copy of the Map of Discipleship– in either English or Spanish.

You can watch this five-minute video that explains how you can use the map with those you are discipling or coaching. As you look at the map together, the person you’re discipling can determine where God is guiding them next in their growth. Three-week Journey Guides for each of the nine categories are available separately to aid you in the growth and discipleship process.

Following today’s blog entry, we’ll have a series of nine entries, each highlighting one of the nine Journey Guides based on the nine points of the map. 

This entry is part of a week-long series on powerful coaching questions.

Sometimes in coaching we can spend a great deal of time identifying the key issues, brainstorming potential solutions, and crafting a plan for change. But all of this comes to nothing if we don’t conclude with one simple question: What’s next?

This question moves us away from the often overwhelming bird’s eye view of a complex issue and helps us zero in on the one next step we need to take.  Only with questions like “What’s next?” can we continue forward motion toward our goal.

This entry is part of a week-long series on powerful coaching questions.

Right after a client has had a major “ah-ha” moment– that breakthrough insight, like God just woke them up and made everything clear– they will usually state it: “Now I know what I need to do… THIS.” And they describe their breakthrough.

Whenever a client has that kind of “ah-ha” moment, the next question I always ask is, “What action steps can you take in the next 30 days that move you toward THIS”? And for THIS, I make sure to use their exact phrase.

A good portion of the time, I’m not even sure what they meant when they said, “THIS.” But it’s obviously quite clear to them. I don’t ask them to tell me about THIS or describe THIS. That just sidetracks them and makes it about my understanding, not their course of action. Instead, I ask them about their action steps: “What action steps can you take in the next 30 days that move you toward THIS”?

That question from me is almost always followed by the client saying, “That’s a great question.” (Which, as you may remember from a previous blog entry, is ALWAYS to be followed by silence from the coach.)  Then the client is able to identify 1, 2 or 3 steps that they can take to help them start moving.

Notice that I didn’t ask them, “What steps can you take to accomplish THIS?” That’s usually too monumental and overwhelming. I’m only asking for a few steps, that can be taken in the next 30 days, that can move them toward THIS. Coming up with action items like, “I could buy this book and read it,” or, “I can sit down and make a list of…” helps people get unstuck and begin making progress, even if it’s just initial progress. Then next time you get together, celebrate their initial progress, focus next steps and they’re on their way!