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Mentors Embody the Christian Life Mentors Embody the Christian Life
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Mentors Embody the Christian Life

Posted by Regi Campbell on December 13, 2017

When something is hard to understand, incredibly complex, high powered with high potential, it usually takes an example or application or utility for it to be understood. When the guys at Bell Labs invented the…

Six Qualities of a Good Mentee Six Qualities of a Good Mentee
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Six Qualities of a Good Mentee

Posted by Regi Campbell on November 2, 2017

Every November at my church, we pick the guys we’re going to start mentoring in January. We don’t really know how Jesus went about this, but we do know He prayed all night over His…

The Best Mentees Are Hungry The Best Mentees Are Hungry
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The Best Mentees Are Hungry

Posted by Regi Campbell on October 30, 2017

I’m often asked, “How do you pick the guys you’re going to mentor?” My answer is sometimes painful but always the same: “I want guys who are hungry!” My business life was about trying to…

Why We Use the Word Covenant Why We Use the Word Covenant
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Why We Use the Word Covenant

Posted by Regi Campbell on August 21, 2017

Every now and then, someone asks why we have mentees sign a covenant to be in a mentoring group. Such a religious word! And fraught with doctrinal conflict. Let me explain why the word is…

The Best Mentoring Book Ever The Best Mentoring Book Ever
Mentoring

The Best Mentoring Book Ever

Posted by Jackson Beetler on June 29, 2017

If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you’ve read or at least heard of Regi Campbell’s second book, Mentor Like Jesus. But did you know we revised and re-released the book at the…

. . . But He’s Not Saved! . . . But He’s Not Saved!
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. . . But He’s Not Saved!

Posted by Regi Campbell on June 22, 2017

“Regi . . . but he’s not saved!” Every now and again, I hear these words from a mentor with a guy in his group who seems a little different. He doesn’t use the same…

Mentors Are Interpreters Mentors Are Interpreters
Mentoring

Mentors Are Interpreters

Posted by Regi Campbell on May 22, 2017

Interpreters take information from one context and turn it into usable, helpful information in another.  Parents are interpreters. They help their kids interpret what’s happening around them. Kids come into the world without a clue,…