by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Sometimes, distance or other complications make it difficult to meet with mentees face-to-face. If you want to keep a pattern of bi-weekly mentor sessions, you may need to meet with them online.[1] Understandably, many mentors who are compelled to meet online mourn...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Devotions
I just love watching heist movies, like “Oceans Eleven”, “the Italian Job”, and the old classic, “The Sting”. The plots essentially follow the same flow: the good guys have been humiliated by the bad guys in some way, and the good guys are determined to rob the bad...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Often, when you think about meeting with mentees, you might consider first what they will need spiritually and emotionally during the session. Perhaps you contemplate the challenges they might be working through or the sins they are struggling with and how you can...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | Gospel-Centered Mentoring
Dear Rick, Each week I read our denomination’s Call Report which lists all the changes in public gospel ministry; it’s a touchstone to our church body back “home”. Whenever I read names under the “Resigned” category, I feel a pit in my stomach. By the grace of God,...
by mddoebler | May 9, 2024 | God Loves Nobodies!
Hello, everyone! I am thrilled and honored to let you know that my church, Crosslife in Pflugerville, TX, will begin a new sermon series this weekend, inspired by my recent book “God Loves Nobodies: Good News for Somebody Like Me”. View the teaser below: I invite you...
