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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 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…

Mentors, You Hold the Cure Mentors, You Hold the Cure
Mentoring

Mentors, You Hold the Cure

I recently read an article about Australian man James Harrison. To most, he’s an unassuming guy in his 80’s, but to some, Harrison is known as the “Man with the Golden Arm,” because he was…

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…