With > ForI love youth ministry. I am the product of a healthy youth group from the 80s and 90s that loved me well and gave me the chance to realize my identity and purpose within a group of youth workers and teenagers who were my community during th

Ending a Mentoring Relationship WellWhat do you do whenever major life circumstances pop up that get in the way of your mentoring relationship?Maybe your mentee goes off to college or moves to a new community?Perhaps you get a new job and have to move acr

KindnessKindness has that middle-child syndrome. Yes, its a fruit of the Spirit. But I think we have a funny relationship with the word. We know that we are to be kind. We know a few people who we would describe as kind.But if were being honest, do we r

Am I Qualified?When people consider starting a mentoring relationship with a child, one question that seems to always pop up is Am I qualified?After all, investing into the life of a child is a big deal.But I think we are asking the wrong question. Ins

Faithfulness over FruitfulnessEarly on in my mentoring journey, I thought mentoring was like a math equation.A + B = CIf I showed up + Gave them some wisdom = Growth in my menteeIf Im being honest, in my naivite, I thought my presence would solve all of

-IPC is a tool to help us understand our mentee (and ourselves)Identity is WHO WE AREPurpose is WHAT WE DOCommunity is HOW WE BLESS AND ARE BLESSED BY OTHERSI want to paint a mental picture for you on the canvas of your mind: Imagine our IDENTITY in Chri

-IPC is a tool to help us understand our mentee (and ourselves)Identity is WHO WE AREPurpose is WHAT WE DOCommunity is HOW WE BLESS AND ARE BLESSED BY OTHERSKing David had a high sense and value for HIS OWN identity, purpose, and community, therefore he

-IPC is a tool to help us understand our mentee (and ourselves)Identity is WHO WE AREPurpose is WHAT WE DOCommunity is HOW WE BLESS AND ARE BLESSED BY OTHERSKing David had a high sense and value for HIS OWN identity, purpose, and community, therefore he

IPC-IPC is a tool to help us understand our mentee (and ourselves)-Identity, Purpose, and Community are three things we are presented with about King David in 2 Samuel 8.-Identity: 2 Samuel tells us David was a mighty warrior and a shrewd leader.-Purpo

This Mentoring Minute deals with a really good question you can ask your mentee to start some high-quality conversation. Back in youth group, we would trace out somebodys silhouette on a piece of butcher paper and have students fill in the space with wha