The Fruit We May Never See: How Mentoring Changes Lives
I’m privileged to sit in rooms with dozens, scores, and sometimes hundreds of men around the country whose lives have been touched by Radical Mentoring.
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Radical Living for Men
Stories and insights to help men live boldly, lead well, and follow Jesus with purpose.
When Mentoring Becomes More Than a Church Program
Every church wants to see disciples making disciples, but lasting culture change rarely happens through a new program alone. It happens when ordinary people embrace a new way of living that becomes contagious.
Why in-person mentor training gives mentors confidence and clarity
Leading a mentoring group shouldn’t feel like guesswork. That’s why our in-person mentor training equips mentors with the confidence, practical tools, and real-life insight they need to launch with clarity and to lead well.
Radical Living for Women
Be encouraged and equipped to love boldly, lead with grace, and grow spiritually through mentoring stories and reflections for women.
How Radical Mentoring Shapes Discipleship Culture in a Church
A discipleship culture grows through intentional relationships. Radical Mentoring helps churches build that culture through whole-life mentoring.
How Radical Mentoring Helps Mentors Lead With Confidence
Imagine being asked to lead with confidence a team in a role you’ve never done before. You’d probably feel excited, but also a little overwhelmed. That’s a lot of responsibility.
Why Pastors Flourish With Radical Mentoring’s Guidance
Radical Mentoring’s guidance helps pastors lead with clarity and confidence. It keeps them from having to figure everything out on their own.
Mentoring for Churches
Guidance to help churches equip mentors in preparation, group dynamics, communication, and spiritual leadership.
How Radical Mentoring Shapes Discipleship Culture in a Church
A discipleship culture grows through intentional relationships. Radical Mentoring helps churches build that culture through whole-life mentoring.
When Mentoring Becomes More Than a Church Program
Every church wants to see disciples making disciples, but lasting culture change rarely happens through a new program alone. It happens when ordinary people embrace a new way of living that becomes contagious.
How Radical Mentoring Helps Mentors Lead With Confidence
Imagine being asked to lead with confidence a team in a role you’ve never done before. You’d probably feel excited, but also a little overwhelmed. That’s a lot of responsibility.
Articles
Practical articles to help you grow as an effective mentor, leader, and disciple-maker.
A New Brand
A New Brand At Radical Mentoring, our brand voice reflects who we are—professional and credible, yet always approachable, wise, considerate, and thoughtful. Our content is crafted with care to reflect the heart of our mission:…
Radical Mentoring Welcomes Pete Loescher
We are thrilled to announce Pete Loescher as the new President of Radical Mentoring, effective April 28, 2025. With a 30+ year career in corporate banking and a deep commitment to relational discipleship, Pete brings…
Seven Unique Aspects of Radical Mentoring
When we traveled to Minneapolis to host a Lunch and Learn about Radical Mentoring for pastors in the Twin Cities, we turned the mic over to Henry Williams, Senior Pastor of our host Five Oaks…
Mentoring Tips
Practical tips and stories to help mentors lead their small groups well.
How Radical Mentoring Helps Mentors Lead With Confidence
Imagine being asked to lead with confidence a team in a role you’ve never done before. You’d probably feel excited, but also a little overwhelmed. That’s a lot of responsibility.
Lead With Your Story, Not Your Script
Lead with your story — not the version you think people want to hear, but the real one.
The Selfless Heart of a Mentor
Jesus knew who He was. He didn’t have anything to prove to anyone. He did miracles and wonders to establish His divinity, not to show off or say, “Hey, look at Me.” He deflected glory…
How-To's
Short, simple, how-to's on the nuts and bolts of Radical Mentoring's relational style of small group mentoring.
How to Make the Most of Your Story Retreat
The Story Retreat is one of the most important and crucial times your mentoring group will spend together. It will kickstart your mentoring group, allowing your mentees to make deep connections fast. After you share your…
How to Lead Mentee One-on-Ones
As you know, mentors are supposed to meet one-on-one with each mentee during the beginning of the mentoring season…ideally within a few weeks of the Story Retreat. We receive a lot of questions from mentors…
How to Make the Most of Scripture Memory in Your Mentoring Group
As I look at the results from end-season surveys, one of the most significant differences from group to group is the impact of the monthly Scripture memorization. For some groups, memorizing Scripture is the most…
The Mentoring Manifesto
Our monthly newsletter featured curated resources to help you grow as a mentor.
The Mentoring Manifesto, Vol. 77: The Foundation of Our Identity
I recently listened to a podcast where psychologist and forgiveness expert Everett Worthington discussed a profoundly personal incident surrounding the murder of his mother. He notes that the murderer went through the home and broke…
The Mentoring Manifesto, Vol. 76: Leaders Worth Following
Leaders are people who have influence and use it for a purpose. And the amount of influence they have often correlates with the consistency between their walk and their talk. Leaders who say one thing…
The Mentoring Manifesto, Vol. 75: How Our Identity Affects Our Thoughts
I came across the following scenario in James Clear’s book Atomic Habits. Say you’re a smoker but desperately want to break the habit. You’re standing outside, and someone offers you a cigarette. How do you…
Spiritual Growth
Devotional-style readings to help you grow and develop wisdom as a spouse, parent, friend, leader, and most importantly, as a Jesus-follower.
Being Grateful for Change
Recently my husband and I had a conversation around what words we would use to describe each other over the past few years. One of his words for me was heartbroken. At first, I thought…
The Importance of Remembering
I have a good friend with an amazing ability to slip simple biblical truth into everyday conversations. It’s something I’ve always admired about her. She does it in passing, like you’d mention wanting new dish…
Lamenting and Learning During Black History Month
Family trees exist to help us trace our origins and understand our lineage. As Jesus-followers, we’re born into a massive spiritual family. We have a long list of fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters…
