“In the open space of the coaching dialogue we believe God is at work in the conversation to help encourage, equip, and strengthen ministries,” Peg Aldridge, Co-Founder Passion in Partnership When people are working together, they often focus solely on problems and what is not working.  In doing so, conversations get entrenched in information that they are already painfully aware of making it very difficult to be positive and creative as they negoitate their way toward something better. This produces a sense of hopelessness and leads to narrow minded either/or thinking and even conflict as people begin to “side” with this solution verses that solution. Outcome-based dialogue is based on what we hope for and what we want our life together to look like when we reach that goal. Outcome-based dialogue has the power to build unity even when circumstances are difficult, because it does not pit one person (group) or idea against the other. Coaches facilitate healthy conversations with questions that often reveal wisdom and a way forward that has been masked by narrow thinking, lack of imagination and most importantly theological depth and reflection. When people truly think together about what God wants to see more of and the ways in which they have been equipped to move into those spaces, new possibilities, new ideas, and creativity spring forth into ministry that produces fruit.