Hi, I am Phil
a John Maxwell Certified Strategic Coach and also an Ordained Pastor for Personal Personal Development
My joy in life is seeing women and men experience freedom and redemption. Imagine living your best life of loving and giving in order to lift yourself and others.
I join Jesus' disciple and friend, John, in wishing, above all things, that you would prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Are you ready to move forward? Let's go for the goal!
I take the following three Bible texts seriously and base all I do on helping you know and experience life in this regard.
I have come that you may have life and have it abundantly.
– Jesus Christ John 10.10
You are the product of God’s poetic genius, re-created in your relationship with Jesus, to accomplish the good works God arranged for you to live out.
– Paul, the Apostle, Ephesians 2.10
You are receiving complete spiritual, emotional, and physical freedom as the result of your faith.
-Peter, 1st letter, 1.9
My ONE LIFE Story
I grew up in and around church and religion. That did not mean I had a healthy relationship with myself or God. I had to experience that over time, in a quest, seeking out mentors and sages who cared enough to share their lives with me.
When I began to understand my relationship with God and the nature of being ‘born spiritually’, I discovered that the two most significant days in my life were the day I was born and, as Mark Twain said, the day I found out why. Then things changed for me - a life integration of spirit, soul, and body - ONE LIFE. I could then progress from the day I was born to why I was born. I began my exploration of soul salvation.
I was in my early 40s, on a destructive life course, and wondering if I would live another day when I saw the light of life’s purpose. The moment was best crystalized when my father told me, “Phil, you’re playing too small.”
I began a quest at that time to live into God’s calling in a new dimension. I began to ask God to develop me to be the best me with the greatest usefulness to myself and others
It is the same quest I am on today, but now I have experiences to share, wisdom to reveal, and faith in your high purpose. So now I am inviting you into this same journey as your companion.
I craft my work to be your pastor, spiritual mentor, advisor,
(whatever you want to call me) to experience this ONE LIFE.
I think the Bible words to identify me are Shepherd and Teacher.
17 years of coaching,
4 Decades of ministry,
and over
50 years of learning.
Helped literally thousands
of people through teaching,
over 300 in group coaching development and hundreds in face-to-face coaching and life construction and cultivation.
Phil is the author of
3 published books and
a number of training guides available for download under the resources tab
on this website
Why I Care About Helping People in Their Spiritual Quest
Did you ever wonder, ‘Why?’
I did. I wondered, ‘Why am I here, now, at this place and with this experience of life?’
After taking some time to ponder my ‘Why’ I came to a conclusion. My why is YOU.
I exist for you. I am not an island. I am not a hermit. I am not self-absorbed. I am not cold and calloused. I am open, free, loving, caring, learned and learning. I am hopeful, contemplative, discerning, patient, loving. I am a teacher, a sharer, a conversationalist, a friend.
In a world of voices, noise, clutter, and even confusion, my place in the community of humans is to be a guiding voice.
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I am a voice that invites you into clarity. Clarity of spiritual understanding – how to see and understand beyond the seen and known – into the things of God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures.
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I am a voice that helps you understand the truth that only the words of God can help you navigate the most important decisions of life.
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I am a voice that helps you become healthy, wealthy, and wise in true healing, true wealth, and true wisdom.
So, here I am offering my heart and my voice – my care and my work – to help you understand, know, and then live the life God has planned and purposed for you.
Previous Organizations & Publications
Another ONE LIFE Story
Phil has been instrumental in my personal and spiritual development. His leadership skills have pushed me beyond comfort into a place I never dreamed of. With a coach like Phil, he sees potential outside of my self-imposed limits, which has propelled me forward. I couldn’t recommend him enough if you want to grow beyond your current circumstances.
- Joe Scanlon
