Are Your Friends Like-hearted or Like-minded? Are Your Friends Like-hearted or Like-minded?
Community

Are Your Friends Like-hearted or Like-minded?

Friendship is a mystery with a lot of definitions. The average Facebook user has 338 ‘friends.’ Studies show that a person’s social circle is usually between 100 and 200 people. Other research estimates our inner…

Why Imagination Matters Why Imagination Matters
Community

Why Imagination Matters

I’m not a ‘fantasy’ guy. Never finished a Harry Potter book . . . never read or saw The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But when Reggie Joiner explained the connection between imagination and empathy,…

Like-Hearted vs. Like-Minded Like-Hearted vs. Like-Minded
Community

Like-Hearted vs. Like-Minded

The other day, I was trying to describe the kind of people I want to be close friends with. I rarely struggle to find words, but I was stumped. Then the following words came out…

Thanksgiving for One Thanksgiving for One
Community

Thanksgiving for One

If you could only be thankful for one person this Thanksgiving, who would it be? Just this one person, for just this one year, for whatever reason. For me, it would be my sister, Gayle….

Asleep at the Wheel Asleep at the Wheel
Community

Asleep at the Wheel

Have you ever been asleep at the wheel? In the business world, it’s called strategic drift. How many of you still carry a Nokia or Motorola cell phone? Or have a Myspace page? Sometimes it’s…

Affirm . . . Or Not Affirm . . . Or Not
Community

Affirm . . . Or Not

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman has sold over 8 million copies. Chapman, a pastor and counselor, says we tend to give, receive and appreciate love in five ways or ‘languages,’ one of which…

Finding Community Finding Community
Community

Finding Community

Do you have a true friend? Someone who knows your ‘dark corners’? Someone who knows everything about you . . . knows your story, what you struggle with, what you dream about? Not many guys…

One-a-Day For a Week One-a-Day For a Week
Community

One-a-Day For a Week

Life sucks the courage out of us. Day by day, we’re disappointed, criticized, rejected, abandoned, postponed and distracted. Things we planned to finish remain unfinished. People don’t do what they say, or they do the…

“Well, That’s Just Old Tip” “Well, That’s Just Old Tip”
Community

“Well, That’s Just Old Tip”

There have never been two politicians more different than Ronald Reagan and Thomas Phillip “Tip” O’Neill. Reagan was incredibly conservative . . . O’Neill, a staunch liberal. Reagan, a California Republican. O’Neill, a northeastern Democrat….

6 Practices of Intimate Friends 6 Practices of Intimate Friends
Community

6 Practices of Intimate Friends

On Thursday night, I walked into a room with 8 total strangers. New mentees ‘grouped up’ by my church . . . future leaders who’ll grow in community this year. Some will scatter when it’s…

Transforming Lives through connection and
discipleship—will you join us?

Countless lives have been impacted by the power of mentoring. These are the people who’ve journeyed through a Radical Mentoring group—and because they’ve experienced transformation, they now give generously so others can do the same. That’s why we offer all our resources free of charge.

FAQs for Donors