My Highlight of 2006
Since being out of fulltime, payed ministry since May 2005, many people ask me what my highlight was of 2006, thinking that it’s making money or getting huge clients out in the corporate world. As exciting as it is to sell a product and succeed, let me tell you about a true highlight of 2006.
As a coach I spend a lot of time one on one with clients. Last year I spend 9 months with a specific client who was a beauty editor of a very prominent womans magazine. She was very disillusioned with God, church and her husband who she divorced during 2006. Being Catholic the guilt that she had overwhelmed her. She thought that she had failed in life and that she was rejected by God.
I went on a journey with her and just asked questions about her experiences of God, church and life. It soon became evident that she had a real problem with the church. All through the process her son started asking her questions about Jesus. She cursed at him when he asked saying it all was rubbish.
My discussions with her focused on the historical Jesus, rather than the Jesus that the church created. Jesus is so much more than what the church taught through the ages. I also put a specific focus on grace and that Jesus wept with her through her divorce. He understood her pain and wanted her to heal and continue with life.
After 9 months she went and bought a Bible for herself and her 7 year old son got the children’s version. From moving away from God this lady moved towards seeking God’s face once again.
That was my highlight of 2006!
February 12th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Now that’s something work blogging about! I say we toss half of our church strategy stuff until we have more stories like this to share around these parts. It’s not about completion of a prayer, but it is about transformation.
February 13th, 2007 at 12:45 am
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February 16th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Great stuff Hermann!
“I went on a journey with her and just asked questions about her experiences of God, church and life.” That, I think, is why you’re good at what you do. You have a gift of challenging people in a very gentle way to take an objective look at their lives and try to make sense of it, see the patterns and motivations. You’ve made ahuge difference in my life and a lot of other people as well, in cutting through the dogma aand getting to know God. Keep on doing it!
O, and enjoy the weekend away!