Life Over Coffee

Rick launched the Life Over Coffee global training network in 2008 to bring hope and help for you and others by creating resources that spark conversations for transformation. His primary responsibilities are resource creation and leadership development, which he does through speaking, writing, podcasting, and educating. In 1990 he earned a BA in Theology and, in 1991, a BS in Education. In 1993, he received his ordination into Christian ministry, and in 2000 he graduated with an MA in Counseling from The Master's University. In 2006 he was recognized as a Fellow of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).

Life Over Coffee is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 500 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Tips On Helping the Person Who Does Not Want Help

  Sep 13, 202618 min

  Every Christian eventually meets the ache of watching someone they love walk away from wisdom. Maybe it’s a child making reckless choices, a friend entangled in sin, or a spouse hardened by pride. You see the drift before they do. You try to speak, pray, or reason, but it feels like you’re standing at the edge of a cliff yelling warnings into the wind. They don’t listen. They don’t want to. Few experiences expose our theology of love like this one. It’s easy to love the humble and responsive, but what about those who are stubborn, resistant, or cold? How do you stay engaged when every attempt at help seems to bounce off a wall? Read, Watch, or Listen: https://lifeovercoffee.com/tips-help-person-want-help/ Will you help us to continue providing free content for everyone? You can become a supporting member here https://lifeovercoffee.com/join/, or you can make a one-time or recurring donation here https://lifeovercoffee.com/donate/.

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  The Hardest But Best Way to Help Someone Change

  Sep 10, 202617 min

  Whenever you sin in response to what you are not getting from someone—even when that thing you want is good—you step into a dangerous place. The desire itself might be righteous, but your reaction to being denied reveals the true condition of your heart. Before you can move forward with that person, before you can offer counsel or correction, you must let the Lord correct you. Changing yourself is typically the hardest thing to do, but it is also the best way to help another person change. We all know what it’s like to live with disappointment. You hope, you pray, you try to influence, and the other person still won’t budge. Sometimes they won’t even listen. You start out caring deeply for them, but as the months pass, that care evolves into frustration. What began as compassion now feels like control, and instead of feeling burdened for them, you feel burdened by them. That’s where Biff found himself. Read, Watch, or Listen: https://lifeovercoffee.com/the-hardest-and-best-way-to-help-someone-to-change-2/ Will you help us to continue providing free content for everyone? You can become a supporting member here https://lifeovercoffee.com/join/, or you can make a one-time or recurring donation here https://lifeovercoffee.com/donate/.

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  Understanding Someone Is Work, But the Only Way to Build Well

  Sep 8, 202620 min

  Understanding another person is sacred work. It is slow, deliberate, heart-level labor, the kind that requires patience, curiosity, and a humble approach. You can’t shortcut it. You can’t fake it. If you don’t know a person at the level of the soul, all your efforts to connect deeply will eventually flatten into function. You will live as polite roommates instead of intimate companions, coworkers instead of co-laborers, acquaintances instead of allies. Every relationship, whether marriage, friendship, or discipleship, will rise or fall on the depth of understanding between two people. And that’s why so many relationships fail. Understanding someone takes more than observation; it takes incarnation: the willingness to step into another’s world, to see through their eyes, to feel with their heart. Biff and Mable never learned how. Read, Watch, or Listen: https://lifeovercoffee.com/understanding-someone-is-hard-work-but-the-only-way-to-build-well/ Will you help us to continue providing free content for everyone? You can become a supporting member here https://lifeovercoffee.com/join/, or you can make a one-time or recurring donation here https://lifeovercoffee.com/donate/.

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  How to Find Comfort Knowing You Can’t Change People

  Sep 6, 202617 min

  Few things in the Christian life are as painful as watching someone you love refuse to change. You see the danger, you hear the excuses, you offer wisdom, and yet they walk straight toward the cliff. Sometimes you push too hard and break what was fragile; other times you pull back and feel the sting of regret. You wonder, What else can I do? This angst is the discipler’s dilemma: the tension between love and limits. You care deeply, but you cannot control outcomes. You can speak truth, pray fervently, and model grace, but you cannot make a heart repent. That realization can either crush you or comfort you, depending on what you believe about God. So here’s the question that every disciple-maker, parent, pastor, and friend must answer: Are you a restful soul who loves an unchanging person? Read, Watch, or Listen: https://lifeovercoffee.com/how-to-find-comfort-knowing-you-cant-change-people/ Will you help us to continue providing free content for everyone? You can become a supporting member here https://lifeovercoffee.com/join/, or you can make a one-time or recurring donation here https://lifeovercoffee.com/donate/.

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  Why Should I Disciple If God Has to Grant Repentance First?

  Sep 3, 202619 min

  One of the most stretching and mysterious questions you’ll ever face as a disciple-maker is the tension between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. How does divine initiative fit with human effort? Who moves first, and how do we cooperate without falling into pride on one side or passivity on the other? Ultimately, the problem defies simple solutions. The tension between God’s control and our choices is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be worshiped. Yet, this mystery does not excuse inactivity. Just because we can’t fully explain God’s ways doesn’t mean we stop engaging in His work. One of our supporting members once asked an excellent question that frames this entire chapter. Read, Watch, or Listen: https://lifeovercoffee.com/why-should-i-disciple-if-god-has-to-grant-repentance-first/ Will you help us to continue providing free content for everyone? You can become a supporting member here https://lifeovercoffee.com/join/, or you can make a one-time or recurring donation here https://lifeovercoffee.com/donate/.

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