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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…

10 Things I Learned in 2018 10 Things I Learned in 2018
Things I Learned

10 Things I Learned in 2018

Every year for a long time, I’ve reflected on the past 12 months and netted out the most significant things I learned. Here’s this year’s edition (go here to see previous years’ lists) . ….

The Top 10 Books We Read in 2018 The Top 10 Books We Read in 2018
Walking the Talk

The Top 10 Books We Read in 2018

I’ve you’ve been in a mentoring group or hung around us for any amount of time, you know we value reading. Disciples of Jesus are followers and learners, right? And reading quality books is a…

Does the Book Format Matter? Does the Book Format Matter?
Mentoring

Does the Book Format Matter?

We already debunked the idea that men aren’t readers, or won’t read the required books for a Radical Mentoring group. Along the same lines, mentors often ask if the format of the book matters. Can…

The Secret to Getting Men to Read The Secret to Getting Men to Read
Mentoring

The Secret to Getting Men to Read

If I’ve heard it one time, I’ve heard it a million times . . . “How do you expect men in a Radical Mentoring group to read nine books over nine months?” “But men aren’t…

The Difference Between Fathers and Mentors The Difference Between Fathers and Mentors
Mentoring

The Difference Between Fathers and Mentors

Fathers can be mentors, but mentors aren’t necessarily fathers. Mentors choose to mentor, but once a man becomes a father, he is always a father. I believe that’s why God chose the father-son paradigm to…

The Case for Bo’s Cafe The Case for Bo’s Cafe
Community

The Case for Bo’s Cafe

Once guys have been in a really good group, whether it’s a Radical Mentoring group or another flavor, they always want to be in that kind of group. Awhile back, I met with a young lawyer,…