You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast

You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast


Latest Episodes

Michael Jeter on the Simplicity of Mentoring, Building Bridges Between Churches and School Districts, and How to Start a City-Wide Mentoring Movement Using Books
February 06, 2020

Michael Jeter runs STARS Mentoring Project in Waco, TX. STARS is a collaboration of volunteers from churches across Waco who are helping at-risk students in Waco succeed through encouraging mentoring relationships and academic support. Michael shares abou

Mark Rogers on Why Healthy Mentors Create Discomfort on Purpose, Habits to Equip Your Mentee to Overcome Adversity, and Giving Your Mentee a Vision for Masculinity in the Age of Social Media
January 30, 2020

Mark Rogers is the Market President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Texas. He shares how healthy and courageous mentors purposefully create discomfort to promote their mentee's growth.

Relationships Change Lives: The Relational Need of Acceptance, Why Kids Join Gangs, and How Performance Based Love Will Screw Up Your Mentee's Identity
January 23, 2020

Our mentees have relational needs that God has designed them with. In order to meet them, we must understand what they are, and what God expects of us as mentors in meeting them. In this series we are unpacking what we call the Three As, the top three rel

Relationships Change Lives: The Relational Need of Affirmation, Life and Death are in the Power of the Tongue, and How Encouragement Shapes A Child's Identity
January 16, 2020

Our mentees have relational needs that God has designed them with. In order to meet them, we must understand what they are, and what God expects of us as mentors in meeting them. In this series we are unpacking what we call the Three As, the top three rel

Relationships Change Lives: The Relational Need of Attention, Why Mentoring Is More About Listening Than Sharing, and How Eye Contact and Feedback Will Improve Your Mentee's Confidence and Sense of Identity
January 09, 2020

Our mentees have relational needs that God has designed them with. In order to meet them, we must understand what they are, and what God expects of us as mentors in meeting them. In this series we are unpacking what we call the Three As, the top three rel

Relationships Change Lives: Meeting Your Mentee's Top 3 Relational Needs, God's Plan to Meet Our Needs, and Why We Try to Get Them Met in All the Wrong Ways
January 02, 2020

Our mentees have relational needs that God has designed them with. In order to meet them, we must understand what they are, and what God expects of us as mentors in meeting them. This episode is an introduction to a series unpacking the three relational n

Pastor Kwesi Kamau and Nia Kamau on Mentoring in the Church, Why to Mentor While You’re Single, and Learning to Rely on God's Leadership in your Mentor Relationship
December 26, 2019

The church is a great place for mentoring to happen. Pastor Kwesi Kamau and his daughter Nia share about the effects of mentoring within church and family life.

Ryan Casey Waller on Mental Health and Mentoring, the Hidden and Lasting Effects of Trauma, and Why God Loves to Use Mentors to Heal Emotional Wounds
December 19, 2019

Ryan Casey Waller is a Writer, Speaker, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Listen in to our conversation with Ryan as he unpacks the hidden effects of trauma, and how mentor relationships can play a significant part in the healing of emotional wo

Luke Whitmire on Serving the Underserved, What to Do When You Get Punched in the Face, and How to Mentor Kids With Greater Needs Than Your Capacity
December 12, 2019

Luke Whitmire serves as the Youth Director at the Cross and Crown Mission in Oklahoma City. Luke shares what he has learned while running the day to day operations of a youth mentoring program in an underserved community.

Edward Franklin on Understanding Urban Sociology, Learning About Your Mentee's Community and Culture, and Why Good Intentions Can Still Hurt Your Mentee
December 05, 2019

Are you mentoring someone from a different community, cultural background, or socio-economic status? How much homework have you done about their experience? Edward Franklin, the Executive Director of Voice of Hope Ministries, takes us to school on how our