Mentor Summit 2020: Spiritual Fatherhood Mentor Summit 2020: Spiritual Fatherhood
Mentoring

Mentor Summit 2020: Spiritual Fatherhood

Over the years, several guys have circled back after their mentoring group and thanked me for being their spiritual father. Even though Radical Mentoring hasn’t used these words, spiritual fatherhood is often the result of…

How to Recruit Your (Next) Group How to Recruit Your (Next) Group
Mentoring

How to Recruit Your (Next) Group

One of the first questions we hear after a guy (or a church) has embraced the idea of mentoring younger men is, “Where will I get my mentees?” Even if you’ve led a group, there’s…

Why I Don’t Call My Mentees Why I Don’t Call My Mentees
Mentoring

Why I Don’t Call My Mentees

A few of the guys I’ve mentored have gotten their feelings hurt because I don’t call them. I could hide behind “I’m swamped” or “I’ve got a lot of mentees and not enough time to…

The Golden Buddha The Golden Buddha
Mentoring

The Golden Buddha

In a remote village in Thailand stood a 10-foot golden Buddha statue . . . the largest in the world. In the late 18th century, during the Burmese invasion of Thailand, the village monks covered…

The Best Men’s Ministry Example The Best Men’s Ministry Example
Mentoring

The Best Men’s Ministry Example

One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to say “I told you so” to a leader whose church has just wrapped up their first mentoring season. Not because I want to be…

The Ripple Effect (20,000 by 2020) The Ripple Effect (20,000 by 2020)
Mentoring

The Ripple Effect (20,000 by 2020)

Over the last few years, our team has talked internally about the goal of seeing 20,000 men mentored by the end of 2020. We’ve discussed it with our board and at our annual Mentor Summit,…

Mentor Summit Recap: This Way of Life Mentor Summit Recap: This Way of Life
Mentoring

Mentor Summit Recap: This Way of Life

When our team comes up with a theme for our annual Mentor Summit, we never really know how it will take shape over the weekend. This past weekend in the North Georgia mountains, men from…

How Wives Can Help Mentees How Wives Can Help Mentees
Marriage

How Wives Can Help Mentees

The other day, the wife of a leader in a church that just launched Radical Mentoring asked me what I thought she (and other wives) could do to best support their husbands as they go through…

Why End-of-Season Surveys Matter Why End-of-Season Surveys Matter
Mentoring

Why End-of-Season Surveys Matter

If you’ve been hanging around us for a while, you’ll know that a few years back we shifted from equipping independent mentors to launch mentoring groups to equipping churches to launch mentoring programs. Why the…

Mentor Summit 2019: “This Way of Life” Mentor Summit 2019: “This Way of Life”
Mentoring

Mentor Summit 2019: “This Way of Life”

Every year, we invite pastors, church leaders, and mentors to spend a weekend with us face-to-face at our annual Mentor Summit. We worship. We refresh our hearts. We refill our cups. We learn from some…