KEVIN LANE. MATC, BTh, CPLC

MEET THE COACH

I'm a happy and dedicated husband to my best friend of 34 years, father to four adult children, grandfather, and a sinner saved by grace who loves and is loved by Jesus.
About Me

For over 25 years, I dedicated my life's work to pastoral ministry to teens and their parents. At the height of the COVID pandemic, my attention turned to helping teenagers who were impacted by trauma, isolation, addiction, and a lost sense of purpose that the global experience amplified. Recovery is

I love Jesus, doing projects around the house, and helping others find joy and purpose in life. When I'm not working, I use my time writing, reading, cooking, re-learning how to play guitar, and dreaming about chocolate lab puppies.

My Commitment to Personal Growth

After receiving a cancer diagnosis in February of 2024, my coaching practice was refocused to pursue the best choices for my recovery and survival. One year later, through changes in lifestyle and successful treatment, I am carcinoma-free and healthier in body, mind, and spirit than at any time in my life.

Credentials

Certificate of Ordination, Grace Gospel Fellowship

Certified Professional Life Coach (CPLC), IBCC
Addiction & Recovery
Brain Health

Mental Health
Youth Mental Health
Additional Certification & Training
Conflict Intervention Skills, Crisis Prevention Institute
PCIT For Traumatized Children, Univ. California, Davis
CORE Certification, Youth Specialties
Strategy Training: Growing a Healthy Youth Ministry, Sonlife Ministries
ABOUT QSC

Mission. Core Values. Coaching Objectives.
The QSC Mission

QuadShot Coaching strives to point clients toward an active, growing relationship with Jesus Christ in every aspect of their lives.

Core Values
1. Scripture-based Authority: Everything I do, believe, and present as a coach comes through a Scriptural hermeneutic. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
2. Truth-Seeking: The coach/client relationship must be transparent, authentic, and honest for the sake of growth and forward movement. (1John 5:20)
3. Authentic Witness: Authenticity will draw people to Christ. (Philippians 3:12-14)
4. Life-Altering: QSC pushes clients to explore their comfort zones to expand outward as they grow deeper in their life purpose. (2 Timothy 1:6-7)
5. Humility: All ministry must be clothed in humility. (1 Peter 5:5-6)
6. All-Encompassing: Living a full life encompasses a whole-person approach; mental, emotional, personal, and physical transformation (Luke 10:27).
7. Sanctuary: QSC provides a safe place for clients to question, brainstorm, and grow. (Psalm 27:1)
8. Intimacy: Our relationship with Jesus is our youth ministry. (Psalm 139)
9. Awe-Inspired Wonder: Ministry must allow us to regularly rediscover the astonishment of the vastness of God and His infinite love for us, compel us to seek answers from His Word, and leave room for His continual work in our lives. (Philippians 3:7-16).
10. Creativity: QSC coaches clients to be free to discover and express their God-given creativity (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Coaching Objectives

The QSC objective is to help clients establish the following five components in their lives:
1. Purpose: Centering God in their lives rather than centering their lives upon themselves.
2. Understanding: Growing more and more like Christ, and less and less like the world.
3. Success: Seeing people through the eyes of God, with the heart of God, and with a desire to share God with others.
4. Fellowship: A time of communal growth for the Body of Christ. It can display itself in different aspects of the Christian walk.
5. Service: Taking what the Lord has taught us (internal) and expressing it into the lives of others (external), both believers and non-believers.
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Today's Brew

MONDAY'S WORD—TUESDAY'S QUESTION—WEDNESDAY'S THOUGHT—THURSDAY'S PRAYER—ETC/WHATEVER

#11: Difficult Times Call For Joyful Measures

Ephesians 1:15-16

03/03/2025 MONDAY'S WORD |EPHESIANS

"For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.”
~Ephesians 1:15-16

God’s Treasure Map has located us and has spoken of a life-long journey of discovery.

It sounds as if the Ephesian saints were as excited as Paul hoped they would be as treasure-seekers.

Our response-ability is now tested: Are we as excited to seek treasure, even in the times and situations which cause us grief, anger, shame and disappointment? Do we see the light which shines in the darkness to overcome it and to expose it… and recognize this work of God as more treasure for us to be had?

Joy through suffering… A seeming paradox, if not for what Paul has already told us with regard to God’s perfect plan.

Faith begets love, and thanksgiving begets remembrance.
Faith is trust based upon experience.
Love is our present state, and an action while being present with what God has for us now and with whom or with whatever is before us.
Hope is trust placed in the future, based upon our past remembrances of God's goodness in our lives.

Without faith and hope in God, our present love would be based solely upon ourselves. Faith, Hope… and the greatest is Love.

Dive More Deeply

It's journaling time… Get out that notebook and get to work!

Make a list of the five biggest challenges/difficulties you experienced last week.

Look with curiosity at this list.
What did you do to contribute to the difficulty? Take responsibility during this process… it is easy to shift the blame onto someone else!
What could you have done differently that would have impacted the outcome with more positivity?
Is a pattern emerging in your answers or in your identified challenges?

Write down your thoughts.

Now make a list of the five biggest challenges/difficulties you anticipate for this upcoming week.

What mistakes can you identify in your thinking or behaviors from last week's challenges that you could see yourself repeating this week?
What new strategies will you employ?

Some of your challenges may be outside of your immediate control; this happens and is a normal part of life.

In what ways can you thank God for the challenges and difficulties in your life?
Where do you see God using these situations to strengthen you?
Ask yourself what 'shifts' need to occur for you to see the challenges now as opportunities for growing in faith, in hope, and in love. To what extent are attitude shifts or action shifts required?
Remind yourself: God owns me!

Keep your journal with you throughout the week for referencing and contemplation.
Consider incorporating this practice into your Evening Reflections.