Unlocking Growth: The True Nature of Coaching
Coaching isn’t about giving advice it’s about helping people pause, reflect, and take responsibility for their growth. Derrick explores how coaching empowers transformation in life and faith.
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Ignore Critics In The Cheap Seats
Learn why you should only listen to feedback and criticism from people who are actually in the same arena fighting the same battle as you. Discover how filtering out unqualified critics protects your leadership, focus, and growth. This bold leadership advice helps pastors, ministry leaders, and anyone facing tough challenges stay motivated and avoid distractions from spectators who don’t understand their journey.
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Finding Joy in Everyday Battles
I don’t know about you, but some days it feels like life is just a series of small battles I didn’t sign up for. The coffee spills. The email inbox never sleeps. The dog ate something she absolutely should not have. (Sorry for that image!) And yet… somehow, in the middle of all that, God…
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Honoring Our Heroes: A Tribute to Veterans
A heartfelt Veterans Day reflection honoring the courage of those who served and those still serving written from the bedside of a 97-year-old WWII veteran and after saying goodbye to a son heading back to base.
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Rest as Resistance
Confession: I’m competitive. I know! Shocker! I’m competitive with myself, with the weights, with life, with pretty much everything around me. So sometimes I skip rest days. Because who wants to take a break when there’s more to lift, more to do, more to “fix”? But here’s the thing I’m learning in my years of…
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Finding Clarity Through Coaching
Derrick reflects on how coaching can help you find clarity in life’s noise. Learn practical steps to pause, reflect, and take intentional action toward what truly matters.
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The Discipline of Deadlifts and Devotion
Confession time: I hate leg day. Yep. Hate it with a passion! Give me chest, shoulders, or biceps, and I’m good to go. But leg day? No thanks. That’s the day I suddenly feel the urge to take a rest day. It’s not that I can’t do squats or deadlifts. Actually the moves aren’t hard…
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Embrace Focus Mode for Inner Peace
It was one of those mornings when the world still felt half-asleep. The sky was dark. The coffee hadn’t quite kicked in yet. And the traffic heading downtown was already thick enough to make you question your life choices. I had my audio book just loud enough to keep me alert. Then ding . A message popped…
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The Power of Truth Against Deception
Struggling with doubt or confusion in a world that’s drifting from truth? Discover how 2 Thessalonians 2 reminds us that God’s Word still holds the line and how you can stand firm with grace and clarity.
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Lessons on Grace: Mowing Through Life’s Messes
A fall reflection on how blowing leaves became a lesson in grace because sometimes God’s mercy shows up in the noise, the mess, and the endless work of everyday life.