I’ve been mentoring students for a long time, but there are three practices which are foundational to each mentoring relationship I enter into. These are the three legs to my mentoring stool, Listening, Opportunity, and Failure These three words make the mentoring relationship worthwhile for me. I want hear what kids are saying, I want…
I just read an interesting article on mentoring from Mike Butcher (@mikebutcher) over on TechCrunch about finding mentors and thought the same advice can apply to young youth workers. Mike did a fast poll of some of his social media folks receiving their advice on finding mentors for their business start-ups and this is my…
“Follow me and I will make you fishers of men”- Jesus. I’m a sucker for anyone who can say, “I’ll make something of you.” Maybe this is why I got sucked in MLM (Multi Level Marketing) for a time. When you meet a millionaire who says they can make you make money and that I…
Keep in mind that mentoring is a personal and, many times, private affair and everyone’s needs are different. I asked a few people online what they look for in a mentor and they had some great answers. I mixed these with a few of my own thoughts. 1. Imperfection and transparency. My friend George says,…
Have you ever felt like you were missing something or rather someone? I have met many young, and old, youth workers who are desperate for that “person” to share the ups and downs of youth ministry but equally need someone to help them develop the skills they need to build a successful youth ministry. Are…