(This guest post is by Andy Stanley, Senior Pastor of North Point Community Church. You can follow him on Twitter @AndyStanley.) In 2000, Regi Campbell picked eight young men whom he believed to have a lot of potential. He invited them to his home and told them he’d meet with them three hours each [...]
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Mentor Mentors Jan16
(This is a guest post from Boyd Bailey, whose “Wisdom Hunters” daily devotional is read by over 100,000 people daily. To subscribe, click here. You can also follow him @WisdomHunters on Twitter.) “He made him master of his household, ruler over all he possessed, to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.” Psalm 105:21-22 [...]
Young at Heart Dec9
(Today’s post is from Boyd Bailey, whose “Wisdom Hunters” daily devotional is read by over 100,000 people daily. To subscribe, click here. You can also follow him @WisdomHunters on Twitter.) “To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.” Daniel 1:17 [...]
The Joy of Giving Life Dec2
When I hear those words, I think “He’s going to ask me to donate blood….or an organ!” Not it. The joy I’m speaking of comes from watching a man go “all in” for Jesus Christ and then seeing God redeem his marriage, his children, his business, his relationships. Everything. That’s life for me. Watching God [...]
Mentoring… A Team Sport Oct21
There are guys who want to grow and guys who don’t seem to care. There are learners, whom I call “heat seekers,” and then there are those who think “Hey, I’m just the way I am…take it or leave it.” (P.S. if you’re the “take me or leave me” kind of guy, don’t be surprised [...]
Mentor Young People Sep19
(Today’s post is from Boyd Bailey, whose “Wisdom Hunters” daily devotional is read by over 100,000 people daily. To subscribe, click here. You can also follow him @WisdomHunters on Twitter.) “At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice. I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.” [...]
Why Mentors Don’t Call Sep13
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 really busy” or “I’ve got a lot of mentees and not enough time to go around” – But I don’t. Truth is they have to call me. There’s a purpose here. Actually, there [...]
The #1 reason a man needs a mentor – COURAGE Aug15
Most of the time, men know the right things to do. Some believe we’re born with an internal “compass” that points us toward right decisions. Call it conscience, call it intuition, call it whatever….more often than not our challenge isn’t so much knowing what to do as it is mustering the “balls” to do it [...]
Reason #2 a man needs a mentor – Wisdom Aug12
There are a ton of smart people out there. Google can lead you to the answer to just about any informational question you have. But where do you find wisdom and get access to it? Most of the decisions men wrangle with don’t have right or wrong answers. (Those are easier; they just take courage [...]
Reason #3 a man needs a mentor – Objectivity Aug11
We men get so intense, so proud, so focused, so “caught up” in what we’re doing, we lose sight of the bigger picture. We’ll do things the same way, over and over and then be “P.O.’d” because there isn’t a different result. When we have problems; at work, at home, at church, with the kids, [...]
